All the arts in America are a gigantic racket run by unscrupulous men for unhealthy women.

Quote by Thomas Beecham

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No operatic star has yet died soon enough for me.

No operatic star has yet died soon enough for me.

The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.

The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.

I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion...

I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion...

A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.

A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.

Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.

Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.

There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public...

There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public...

Movie music is noise... even more painful than my sciatica.

Movie music is noise... even more painful than my sciatica.

You cannot combine being a movie star with not being a movie star.

You cannot combine being a movie star with not being a movie star.

Just to be true to myself, which is why I did this movie. I figured...

Just to be true to myself, which is why I did this movie. I figured...

A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you...

A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you...

Fortunately I know how to counter it, the man who did the waking buys the...

Fortunately I know how to counter it, the man who did the waking buys the...

When I was a kid, if a guy got killed in a western movie I...

When I was a kid, if a guy got killed in a western movie I...

How 'bout we make it three shillings and we forget the name.

How 'bout we make it three shillings and we forget the name.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Several hard-core Star Wars fans who had tickets for the first showing actually said that...

Several hard-core Star Wars fans who had tickets for the first showing actually said that...

Jude Law is in so many movies, that I went to one, and when I...

Jude Law is in so many movies, that I went to one, and when I...

Its idea of ''production value'' is spending a million dollars dressing up a story that...

Its idea of ''production value'' is spending a million dollars dressing up a story that...

I'm just one of those people that if I sit down to watch a horror...

I'm just one of those people that if I sit down to watch a horror...

That the film turned out to be coherent is a miracle. That it is successful...

That the film turned out to be coherent is a miracle. That it is successful...

Life is a B Movie: it's stupid and it's strange, it's a directionless story, the...

Life is a B Movie: it's stupid and it's strange, it's a directionless story, the...