My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require.
Edward ElgarIt is curious to be treated by the old-fashioned people as a criminal because my thoughts and ways are beyond them.
Edward ElgarAn Englishman will take you into a large room, beautifully proportioned, and will point out to you that it is white- all over white- and somebody will say what exquisite taste. You know in your own mind, in your own soul, that it is not taste at allหthat is the want of tasteหthat is mere evasion. English music is white and evades everything.
Edward Elgar