In my dreams of Heaven, I always see the great Masters gathered in a huge hall in which they all reside. Only Mozart has his own suite.

Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.

Well, all's fair in love, war and fooling the critics.

I don't mind growing old. I'm just not used to it.

I normally don't do requests. Unless, of course, I have been asked to do so.

And now, in honour of the 150th anniversary of Beethoven's death, I would like to play 'Clear the Saloon', er, 'Clair de Lune', by Debussy. I don't play Beethoven so well, but I play Debussy very badly, and Beethoven would have liked that.

Clarinets, like lawyers, have cases, mouthpieces, and they need a constant supply of hot air in order to function.