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.
Music is the brandy of the damned.
Hell is full of musical amateurs.
Let a short Act of Parliament be passed, placing all street musicians outside the protection of the law, so that any citizen may assail them with stones, sticks, knives, pistols or bombs without incurring any penalties.
The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary
The technical history of modern harmony is a history of growth of toleration by the human ear of chords that at first sounded discordant and senseless to the main body of contemporary professional musicians.
From Mozart I learnt to say important things in a conversational way.