Music First And Last Should Sound Well,

If I Were A Dictator I Should Make It Compulsory For Every Member Of The Population Between The Ages Of Four And Eighty To Listen To Mozart For At Least A Quarter Of An Hour Daily For The Coming Five Years.

I Find Brass Bands Have A Melancholy Sound. All Right Out Of Doors, Of Course - Fifty Miles Away. Like Bagpipes, They Turn What Had Been A Dream Into A Public Nuisance.

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.

The Trouble With Women In An Orchestra Is That If They're Attractive It Will Upset My Players And If They're Not It Will Upset Me.

Beethoven's Last Quartets Were Written By A Deaf Man And Should Only Be Listened To By A Deaf Man.