The grand tune is the only thing in music that the great public really understands.

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.

He was stretched out like he was her own personal playground and she wanted to ride on his equipment for a bit longer.

Love tames the benumbed beast. A man is put to use regarding a woman's physical safety, but a woman is put to use regarding a man's mental safety.

Soul (Atma), Absolute Knowledge (Gnan) and the Absolute Supreme Soul (Parmatma) are one and the same element.

One of the reasons I think Dark Shadows still runs is that it's dependent on nothing else other than a story.

The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra

I think for everybody reading can be a solace, illumination, education.

I am one with the power and wisdom of the Universe. I have all that I need.

It is the imperfect that astonishes and attracts us.

Every revolution destroys the average middle first and most savagely.