34 Movie Quotes about Beethoven (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Mar 21, 2025

Memorable quotes about beethoven, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 Beethoven was born in 1770. He never played hockey.

Angela Lee as Lucy Van Pelt in It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown

2 It had been a wonderful evening. And what I needed now to give it the perfect ending was a bit of the old Ludwig van.

Malcolm McDowell as Alex Delarge in A Clockwork Orange

3 But it's not fair. It's not fair I should feel ill when I hear lovely, lovely Ludwig van.

Malcolm McDowell as Alex Delarge in A Clockwork Orange

4 Okay. Put down Zombie Mozart, Bach and Beethoven this instant.

Adam Sandler as Count Dracula in Hotel Transylvania

5 Do you like Beethoven? -What? -If you're gonna hang around here, you've gotta like Beethoven. -All right, but I'll just have a small glass.

Pamelyn Ferdin as Lucy Van Pelt in Play It Again, Charlie Brown (1971)

6 What did you say? What do you mean Beethoven wouldn't have made it in Nashville? -Did he have the Nashville sound? Huh? Did he? Did he?

Pamelyn Ferdin as Lucy Van Pelt; Schroeder From Peanuts in Play It Again, Charlie Brown (1971)

7 I'm doing a paper on Beethoven. Did you know he never played hockey? -He didn't? -No, he didn't. If he had played hockey, he would have written some hockey music.

Angela Lee as Lucy Van Pelt in It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown

8 Look at my pitcher's mound. It's got a tree on it. I can't pitch from there. -Come on, Charlie Brown, give it a try. Beethoven never gave up. -Beethoven never had a tree on his piano.

Dylan Beach as Charlie Brown; Schroeder From Peanuts in It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown

9 What do you mean, Beethoven wasn't so great? -He never got his picture on bubble-gum cards, did he? Have you ever seen his picture on a bubble-gum card? Hmm? How can you say someone is great who's never had his picture on bubble-gum cards?

Tracy Stratford as Lucy Van Pelt in A Charlie Brown Christmas

10 So, what are you saying? You play the piano? -No, not a lick. I mean, I look at a piano, I see a bunch of keys, three pedals and a box of wood. But Beethoven, Mozart, they saw it, they could just play.

Matt Damon as Will Hunting in Good Will Hunting

34 Movie Quotes about Beethoven (+ Sound Clips)

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