Elgar's first symphony is the musical equivalent of St Pancras Railway Station.

As you'll never hear the thing again, my boy, why not throw in a couple of brass bands?

Without question the most unpopular medium of musical sound in the world.

The bagpipes sound exactly the same when you have finished as when you started

I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.

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

I prefer Offenbach to Bach often.