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Look, I hope no one is going to get the impression that I think I'm a great musician.

5 seconds sound clip from the The 39 Steps (1937) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:56:15 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- You know, composing's really very exciting, although I had no thought of attempting it until two years ago.

- It was just about this time of year. I was riding in a taxi-cab down Hollywood Boulevard.

- The street was crowded with Christmas traffic, when all of a sudden, the noise seemed to take the form and tempo of a melody.

- Well, I rushed right home, worked straight through till morning, and there it was. And I've been at it ever since.

- What's your latest composition?

- Something I've just sent to London. The score and book for a musical comedy.

- Look, I hope no one is going to get the impression that I think I'm a great musician.

- In fact, I know so little that I often use a code to take the place of notes and musical symbols until I have time to figure out what I'm trying to do. I use the letters of the alphabet for a code.

- If you ever saw one of my scores, you'd think someone had spilled alphabet soup on an orchestration sheet.

- But I think our listeners are a lot more interested in what Bob's next picture is going to be than in my music. So, Bob, suppose you tell them.

- Well, if I knew, I'd be glad to. I'm having story difficulties at the moment.

- Don't we all.

- Can't you find the right one?

- Well, the trouble is I've found the right two!

[...]

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The 39 Steps (1937) Sound Clip

The 39 StepsQuotes with sound clips from the old-time radio play "The 39 Steps" (1937), based on John Buchan's novel, first aired on December 13, 1937 on CBS's Lux Radio Theatre.

Actors: Robert Montgomery (Richard Hannay), Ida Lupino (Pamela Stuart), Isabel Jewel (Annabella Smith), Gene Lockhart (Mr. Memory), Leonard Mudie (Professor Bartlett),

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