Without question the most unpopular medium of musical sound in the world.
The trouble with women in an orchestra is that if they're attractive it will upset my players and if they're not it will upset me.
Beethoven's last quartets were written by a deaf man and should only be listened to by a deaf man.
The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.
I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.
Elgar's first symphony is the musical equivalent of St Pancras Railway Station.