Magical music never leaves the memory.

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.

The human body is not necessarily a human being.

Love is an expression of power. We can use it to transform our world.

Creators always have an advantage because they make the stuff we consume.

We may employ artifice to deceive a rival, anything against our enemies.

I'm playing like Tarzan-and scoring like Jane.

I was never a kind of superhero fan much growing up, I'm not a kind of comic book kid.

This is what The Qur'an and the Bible have been prophesying - the end of a world of evil and injustice: We are at that time, now.

--nor had I understood til then how the shameless vanity of utter fools can so strongly determine the fate of others

The books we enjoy as children stay with us forever -- they have a special impact. Paragraph after paragraph and page after page, the author must deliver his or her best work.

My fingers used to hurt really bad when I played guitar. I stopped because of it.