Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.
The British like any kind of music so long as it is loud.
I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.
Too much counterpoint; what is worse, Protestant counterpoint.
Beethoven's last quartets were written by a deaf man and should only be listened to by a deaf man.
The sound of the harpsichord resembles that of a bird-cage played with toasting-forks.