No woman is worth the loss of a night's sleep.
The bagpipes sound exactly the same when you have finished as when you started
There are no woman composers, never have been and possibly never will be.
There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.
Too much counterpoint; what is worse, Protestant counterpoint.
At a rehearsal I let the orchestra play as they like. At the concert I make them play as I like.