I Prefer Offenbach To Bach Often.

In The First Movement Alone, I Took Note Of Six Pregnancies And At Least Four Miscarriages.

At A Rehearsal I Let The Orchestra Play As They Like. At The Concert I Make Them Play As I Like.

If I Were A Dictator I Should Make It Compulsory For Every Member Of The Population Between The Ages Of Four And Eighty To Listen To Mozart For At Least A Quarter Of An Hour Daily For The Coming Five Years.

When Asked Whether He Minded If Someone Smoked In A Non-smoking Compartment. Certainly Not If You Don't Object If I'm Sick.

A Soprano In Massenet's Don Quixote Complained That She Had Missed Her Entry In The Aria, "because Mr. Challiapin Always Dies Too Soon." "madam, You Must Be Profoundly In Error," Said Sir Thomas, "no Operatic Star Has Yet Died Half Soon Enough For Me."