"It was too cold for the cello, violin and Anthony McGill's clarinet to hold true pitch, according to Carole Florman, a spokeswoman for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, and Gabriela Montero's piano could not hold its tune for more than two hours under those conditions."
"This isn't Milli Vanilli," Florman said, with an allusion to the pop group once stripped of a Grammy Award for lip-syncing. "They had to perform in such cold weather, the instruments couldn't possibly be in tune. They were able to play in sync with the tape. It's not unusual."
Yo-Yo Ma or Memorex? Both, actually
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"