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

Quote by Sir Thomas Beecham

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Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.

Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.

Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands -...

Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands -...

Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with...

Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with...

The majority of pop stars are complete idiots in every respect.

The majority of pop stars are complete idiots in every respect.

Ah music....a magic far beyond anything done here.

Ah music....a magic far beyond anything done here.

The advice I am giving always to all my students is above all to study...

The advice I am giving always to all my students is above all to study...

Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen...

Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen...

Music is the universal language of mankind

Music is the universal language of mankind

I am terrified at the thought that so much hideous and bad music will be...

I am terrified at the thought that so much hideous and bad music will be...

God is just a concept, but music is tangible.

God is just a concept, but music is tangible.

Music is an ecstasy that satisfies the deepest desires and emotions in my body and...

Music is an ecstasy that satisfies the deepest desires and emotions in my body and...

Classical music is the kind that we keep hoping will turn into a tune.

Classical music is the kind that we keep hoping will turn into a tune.

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear...

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear...

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once.

Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once.

Hip Hop offers new ways of seeing and understanding what it means to be black...

Hip Hop offers new ways of seeing and understanding what it means to be black...

A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.

A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

I kind of like things slightly out of tune. It makes me feel... intoxicated almost......

I kind of like things slightly out of tune. It makes me feel... intoxicated almost......

Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.

Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.