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.

It is quite untrue that British people don't appreciate music. They may not understand it but they absolutely love the noise it makes.

The British like any kind of music so long as it is loud.

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

Too much counterpoint; what is worse, Protestant counterpoint.

The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.