Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women I have known. Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends. It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes.
No operatic star has yet died soon enough for me.
The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.
Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it.
The sound of a harpsichord - two skeletons copulating on a tin roof in a thunderstorm.
"Have you heard any Stockhausen?" Beecham was asked. "No, but I believe I have stepped in some. "
I find brass bands have a melancholy sound. All right out of doors, of course - fifty miles away. Like bagpipes, they turn what had been a dream into a public nuisance.
When someone pursues music through your music, that's the greatest accolade anybody can get.
It seemed to travel with her, to sweep her aloft in the power of song, so that she was moving in glory among the stars, and for a moment she, too, felt that the words Darkness and Light had no meaning, and only this melody was real.
Loving dogs is a question of anthropomorphism. We become attached to dogs because of the feelings we project on them.
I love roller coasters. I don't get a chance often, but I've gone to Magic Mountain and gone on the rides. I love roller coasters.