Funny quote of speeding down the highway?

[dbrainiak914]

I remember hearing a story about a famous musician (don't know if he was a pianist, conductor, etc.) who was stopped by a cop, who said "Why were you speeding?"  He responded, "You would be speeding too if you were listening to ________!"

Who was it and what was the piece?  I think the dialogue went something like that...

[gymnopedist]

It was a conductor, though i can't remember who.. the piece was the finale of Beethovens seventh.

[m]

It was a conductor, though i can't remember who.. the piece was the finale of Beethovens seventh.

Karayan

[furtwaengler]

There's a different story of a cop pulling over an excessive speeder and finding Glenn Gould at the wheel conducting Mahler's 5th Symphony.

[thalberg]

There's a different story of a cop pulling over an excessive speeder and finding Glenn Gould at the wheel conducting Mahler's 5th Symphony.

Yes and the story I heard was that he was conducting with both hands.

[thalbergmad]

Arrau was once pulled over for doing 3mph on the freeway.

He told the cops he was practising the "Waldstein".

Thal

[rc]

That's true, it's impossible to do the speed limit to Beethoven's 7th!

The difference is driving a minivan - I have no clue what it takes for a cop to pull over a minivan.

Arrau was once pulled over for doing 3mph on the freeway.

He told the cops he was practising the "Waldstein".

Thal