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CLASSICAL
A musicologist is...
A musicologist is a man who can read music but cannot hear it.
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Good music is...
Good music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and quits the memory with difficulty. Magical music never...
The sound of...
The sound of the harpsichord resembles that of a bird-cage played with toasting-forks.
There are two...
There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what...
All the arts...
All the arts in America are a gigantic racket run by unscrupulous men for unhealthy women.
I have recently...
I have recently been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.
The English may...
The English may not like music but they absolutely love the noise it makes.
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Brass bands are...
Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.
In the first...
In the first movement alone, I took note of six pregnancies and at least four miscarriages. [on Bruckner's 7th...
[They] are quite...
[They] are quite hopeless drooling, driveling, doleful, depressing, dropsical drips.
Everything we know...
Everything we know by heart enriches us and helps us find ourselves. If it should get in the way of finding ourselves,...
The art of...
The art of music is so deep and profound that to approach it very seriously only is not enough. One must approach...
The essential [conditions]...
The essential [conditions] of everything you do . . . must be choice, love, passion.
Life is denied...
Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a...
A great work...
A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
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For some time...
For some time I've had my eye on Tom McCall's seat which is a great deal more than he's had on...
Don't be afraid...
Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin.
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I feel I'm...
I feel I'm as qualified for office as any of the other comedians who are running.
A wedding is...
A wedding is just like a funeral except that you get to smell your own flowers.