Thomas Beecham Quotes

The Grand Tune Is The Only Thing In Music That The Great Public Really Understands.

No Operatic Star Has Yet Died Soon Enough For Me.

No Woman Is Worth The Loss Of A Night's Sleep.

Magical Music Never Leaves The Memory.

If She Is Attractive, I Can't Perform With Her; If She Is Not, Then I Won't.

As You'll Never Hear The Thing Again, My Boy, Why Not Throw In A Couple Of Brass Bands?

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

Without Question The Most Unpopular Medium Of Musical Sound In The World.

What Can You Do With It? It's Like A Lot Of Yaks Jumping About.

A Musicologist Is A Man Who Can Read Music But Cannot Hear It.

I Have Just Been All Round The World And Have Formed A Very Poor Opinion Of It.

All The Arts In America Are A Gigantic Racket Run By Unscrupulous Men For Unhealthy Women.