 Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away. |
| A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it. |
| Movie music is noise... even more painful than my sciatica. |
| Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle. |
| The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes. |
| All the arts in America are a gigantic racket run by unscrupulous men for unhealthy women. |
| I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it. |
| No operatic star has yet died soon enough for me. |
| There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between. |
| Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory. |
