If an opera cannot be played by an organ grinder, it's not going to achieve immortality.

No woman is worth the loss of a night's sleep.

We cannot expect you to be with us all the time, but perhaps you could be good enough to keep in touch now and again.

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?

The sound of the harpsichord resembles that of a bird-cage played with toasting-forks.

I prefer Offenbach to Bach often.