I Prefer Offenbach To Bach Often.

There Are No Woman Composers, Never Have Been And Possibly Never Will Be.

Music First And Last Should Sound Well, Should Allure And Enchant The Ear. Never Mind The Inner Significance.

Movie Music Is Noise. It's Even More Painful Than My Sciatica.

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.

A Soprano In Massenet's Don Quixote Complained That She Had Missed Her Entry In The Aria, "because Mr. Challiapin Always Dies Too Soon." "madam, You Must Be Profoundly In Error," Said Sir Thomas, "no Operatic Star Has Yet Died Half Soon Enough For Me."