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As you'll never hear the thing again, my boy, why not throw in a couple of brass bands?
— Thomas Beecham
I prefer Offenbach to Bach often.
— Thomas Beecham
Too much counterpoint; what is worse, Protestant counterpoint.
— Thomas Beecham
When asked whether he minded if someone smoked in a non-smoking compartment. Certainly not if you don't object if I'm sick.
— Thomas Beecham
At a rehearsal I let the orchestra play as they like. At the concert I make them play as I like.
— Thomas Beecham
The musical equivalent of St Pancras Station.(on Elgar) — Thomas Beecham
Try everything once. Except incest and folk dancing.' Sir Thomas Beecham
— Richard Branson
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.
— Thomas Beecham
Movie music is noise. It's even more painful than my sciatica.
— Thomas Beecham
Thomas Beecham was a pompous little band-master who stood against everything creative in the art of his time.
— John Fowles
Her singing reminds me of a cart coming downhill with the brake on.
— Thomas Beecham
Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.
— Thomas Beecham
A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.
— Thomas Beecham
If an opera cannot be played by an organ grinder, it's not going to achieve immortality.
— Thomas Beecham
The sound of the harpsichord resembles that of a bird-cage played with toasting-forks.
— Thomas Beecham
"Have you heard any Stockhausen?" Beecham was asked. "No, but I believe I have stepped in some."
— Thomas Beecham
All the arts in America are a gigantic racket run by unscrupulous men for unhealthy women.
— Thomas Beecham
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.
— Thomas Beecham
Composers and musicians have always starved and, as this is a sentimental country, we think the tradition should be continued.
— Thomas Beecham
Movie music is noise ... even more painful than my sciatica.
— Thomas Beecham
We cannot expect you to be with us all the time, but perhaps you could be good enough to keep in touch now and again.
— Thomas Beecham
No operatic star has yet died soon enough for me.
— Thomas Beecham
Beethoven's last quartets were written by a deaf man and should only be listened to by a deaf man.
— Thomas Beecham
What can you do with it? It's like a lot of yaks jumping about.
— Thomas Beecham
No woman is worth the loss of a night's sleep.
— Thomas Beecham
In the first movement alone, I took note of six pregnancies and at least four miscarriages.
— Thomas Beecham
Music first and last should sound well, should allure and enchant the ear. Never mind the inner significance.
— Thomas Beecham
The British like any kind of music so long as it is loud.
— Thomas Beecham
Try everything once, except folk dancing and incest.
— Thomas Beecham
