Movie music is noise. It's even more painful than my sciatica.

Too much counterpoint; what is worse, Protestant counterpoint.

Music first and last should sound well, should allure and enchant the ear. Never mind the inner significance.

Beethoven's last quartets were written by a deaf man and should only be listened to by a deaf man.

Composers and musicians have always starved and, as this is a sentimental country, we think the tradition should be continued.

The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.

A musicologist is a man who can read music but cannot hear it.