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The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.

Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration.

I had no idea Stravinsky disliked Debussy so much as this.

You may help a lame dog over a stile but he is still a lame dog on the other side.

The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.

The finest singing, given a good voice to begin with, comes from the constant play of a fine mind upon the inner meaning of the music.

If I had the power, I would insist on all oratorios being sung in the costume of the period, with the possible exception of The Creation.

Jazz is not a 'form' but a collection of tags and tricks.

A good composer is slowly discovered and a bad composer is slowly found out.