If you think that the brass is not blowing loud enough, mute it by a couple of degrees.

Must one become seventy years old to recognize that one's greatest strength lies in creating musical kitsch?

The aria, after all, is the soul of opera.

Ideas, like young wine, should be put in storage and taken up again only after they have been allowed to ferment and to ripen.

The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but the most difficult to play.

He'd be better off shoveling snow.

Never look at the trombones, you'll just encourage them.