Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something.
It's better to have something to remember than anything to regret.
Decades of indoctrination, manipulation, censorship and KGB excursions haven't altered this fact: People want a piece of their own little Something-or-Other, and, if they don't get it, have a tendency to initiate counterrevolution.
If classical music is the state of the art, then the arts are in a sad state.
The last election just laid the foundation of the next 500 years of Dark Ages.
How can I lose? I've already offended everybody!