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- "A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it. "
- "All the arts in America are a gigantic racket run by unscrupulous men for unhealthy ..."
- "Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away. "
- "Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle. "
- "Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with ..."
- "I didn't know he'd been knighted. I knew he'd been doctored. "
- "I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion ..."
- "Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands, and ..."
- "Most of them sound like they live on seaweed. "
- "Movie music is noise... even more painful than my sciatica. "
- "No operatic star has yet died soon enough for me. "
- "The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes. "
- "There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public ..."
