If an opera cannot be played by an organ grinder, it's not going to achieve immortality.
At a rehearsal I let the orchestra play as they like. At the concert I make them play as I like.
There are no woman composers, never have been and possibly never will be.
What can you do with it? It's like a lot of yaks jumping about.
The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.
I find brass bands have a melancholy sound. All right out of doors, of course - fifty miles away. Like bagpipes, they turn what had been a dream into a public nuisance.