Elgar's first symphony is the musical equivalent of St Pancras Railway Station.
A musicologist is a man who can read music but cannot hear it.
Beethoven's last quartets were written by a deaf man and should only be listened to by a deaf man.
I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.
There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.
The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.