Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.

Magical music never leaves the memory.

At a rehearsal I let the orchestra play as they like. At the concert I make them play as I like.

When asked whether he minded if someone smoked in a non-smoking compartment. Certainly not if you don't object if I'm sick.

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

A soprano in Massenet's Don Quixote complained that she had missed her entry in the aria, "because Mr. Challiapin always dies too soon." "Madam, you must be profoundly in error," said Sir Thomas, "No operatic star has yet died half soon enough for me."

No woman is worth the loss of a night's sleep.