2 Quotes Tagged: phonograph

You know you haven't stopped talking since I came here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle.

I told [John Kruesi] I was going to record talking, and then have the machine talk back. He thought it absurd. However, it was finished, the foil was put on; I then shouted 'Mary had a little lamb', etc. I adjusted the reproducer, and the machine reproduced it perfectly.

[On first words spoken on a phonograph.]