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

Magical music never leaves the memory.

"Have you heard any Stockhausen?" Beecham was asked. "No, but I believe I have stepped in some."

It is quite untrue that British people don't appreciate music. They may not understand it but they absolutely love the noise it makes.

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

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

The sound of a harpsichord - two skeletons copulating on a tin roof in a thunderstorm.