Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it.

We cannot expect you to be with us all the time, but perhaps you could be good enough to keep in touch now and again.

Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.

Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.

There are no woman composers, never have been and possibly never will be.

As you'll never hear the thing again, my boy, why not throw in a couple of brass bands?

In the first movement alone, I took note of six pregnancies and at least four miscarriages.