I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to. -- Elvis Presley
Propel, propel, propel your craft softly down liquid solution. Ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically, Existence is simply illusion.
-- Fred Rogers, parody of "Row, row, row your boat" on his television show, "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood."
There are some experiences in life which should not be demanded twice from any man, and one of them is listening to the Brahms Requiem. -- George Bernard Shaw
Never look at the trombones. You'll only encourage them. -- Richard Strauss, on conducting
The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes." And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be, "No." -- Aaron Copland
We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out. -- Decca Recording Company, rejecting the Beatles, 1962