The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes. Thomas Beecham
Movie music is noise…even more painful than my sciatica. Thomas Beecham
No operatic star has yet died soon enough for me. 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
All the arts in America are a gigantic racket run by unscrupulous men for unhealthy women. Thomas Beecham
A musicologist is a man who can read music but can’t hear it. Thomas Beecham
Brass bands are all very well in their place – outdoors and several miles away. Thomas Beecham
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. Thomas Beecham