A musicologist is a man who can read music but cannot hear it.
The British like any kind of music so long as it is loud.
If she is attractive, I can't perform with her; if she is not, then I won't.
Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.
Music first and last should sound well, should allure and enchant the ear. Never mind the inner significance.
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."