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

I find brass bands have a melancholy sound. All right out of doors, of course - fifty miles away. Like bagpipes, they turn what had been a dream into a public nuisance.

There are no woman composers, never have been and possibly never will be.

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

I prefer Offenbach to Bach often.

Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.

Too much counterpoint; what is worse, Protestant counterpoint.