If an opera cannot be played by an organ grinder, it's not going to achieve immortality.
The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.
Elgar's first symphony is the musical equivalent of St Pancras Railway Station.
The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.
Her singing reminds me of a cart coming downhill with the brake on.
Without question the most unpopular medium of musical sound in the world.