How Wonderful Opera Would Be If There

Every Kind Of Music Is Good, Except The Boring Kind.

Wagner Has Lovely Moments But Awful Quarters Of An Hour.

Give Me A Laundry List And I'll Set It To Music.

Nothing Primes Inspiration More Than Necessity, Whether It Be The Presence Of A Copyist Waiting For Your Work Or The Prodding Of An Impresario Tearing His Hair.

One Can't Judge Wagner's Opera Lohengrin After A First Hearing, And I Certainly Don't Intend To Hear It A Second Time.