It's like this, dear boy, the one in front is blind and the kind one behind is pushing him.

A bloody good thing, but too late.

Familiarity breeds contempt, but without a little familiarity it's impossible to breed anything.

The pleasures that once were heaven look silly at sixty-seven.

Everybody worships me, it's nauseating.

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

I'm an enormously talented man, and there's no use pretending that I'm not.