A great piece of music is beautiful regardless of how it is performed.

Those who have ears to hear, will hear

In the long run, any words about music are less important than the music.

Stravinsky the composer I worship. Stravinsky the thinker I despise.

A great piece of music is beautiful regardless of how it is performed. Any prelude or fugue of Bach can be played at any tempo, with or without rhythmic nuances, and it will still be great music. That's how music should be written, so that no-one, no matter how philistine, can ruin it.

A great piece of music is beautiful regardless of how it is performed.

Football is the ballet of the masses.