Beethoven's last quartets were written by a deaf man and should only be listened to by a deaf man.
The British like any kind of music so long as it is loud.
The sound of the harpsichord resembles that of a bird-cage played with toasting-forks.
I prefer Offenbach to Bach often.
The grand tune is the only thing in music that the great public really understands.
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.