Too much counterpoint; what is worse, Protestant counterpoint.
The trouble with women in an orchestra is that if they're attractive it will upset my players and if they're not it will upset me.
As you'll never hear the thing again, my boy, why not throw in a couple of brass bands?
Without question the most unpopular medium of musical sound in the world.
I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.
Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.