The grand tune is the only thing in music that the great public really understands.
The British like any kind of music so long as it is loud.
Without question the most unpopular medium of musical sound in the world.
When asked whether he minded if someone smoked in a non-smoking compartment. Certainly not if you don't object if I'm sick.
Composers and musicians have always starved and, as this is a sentimental country, we think the tradition should be continued.
The bagpipes sound exactly the same when you have finished as when you started