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

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

At a rehearsal I let the orchestra play as they like. At the concert I make them play as I like.

Movie music is noise. It's even more painful than my sciatica.

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.

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

Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it.