Quote NOTEBOOK

‘Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.’
‘ Laurie Anderson

There’s no bad day that can’t be overcome by listening to a barbershop quartet.’
‘ Chuck Sigars

‘If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.’
‘ Gustav Mahler

‘Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.’
‘ Ed Gardner

‘Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.’
‘ Edgar Wilson Nye

‘Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.’
‘ G.K. Chesterton

‘Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.’
‘ Groucho Marx

‘Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.’
‘ Kin Hubbard

‘The pause is as important as the note.’
‘ Truman Fisher