The bagpipes sound exactly the same when you have finished as when you started

The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.

They are quite hopeless - drooling, driveling, doleful, depressing, dropsical drips.

Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.

The trouble with women in an orchestra is that if they're attractive it will upset my players and if they're not it will upset me.

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

Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it.

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

Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.

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.

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

I personally believe in the power of second chances.

The most important thing about you is what comes to your mind when you think of God.

Barry Jenkins just cast the right people and framed things the right way.

Buzyness, however, is moral laziness because it involves refusing to live with courage and intentionality.

Ive never met a popcorn ball I didnt like.

Let you look to your own improvement before you go to judge your husband anymore.

The saving of our world from pending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority.

In the race for money some men may come first, but man comes last.

Don't touch my muscles

In this moment, there is plenty of time. In this moment, you are precisely as you should be. In this moment, there is infinite possibility.