We can never be a nation of snobs so long as we are willing to poke fun at ourselves.

They tell me Wagner's music is better than it sounds.

Space has no top, no bottom; in fact, it is bottomless both at the bottom and the top.

The peculiar characteristic of classical music is that it is really better than it sounds.

We can never be a nation of snobs so long as we are willing to poke fun at ourselves.