There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesnt give a damn what goes on in between. – Sir Thomas Beecham
Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory. – Sir Thomas Beecham
A musicologist is a man who can read music but cannot hear it. – Sir Thomas Beecham
This world is not a platform where you will hear Thalberg-piano-playing. It is a piano manufactory, where are dust and shavings and boards, and saws and files and rasps and sandpapers. The perfect instrument and the music will be hereafter. – Henry Ward Beecher
She was one of those people who said I dont know anything about music, but I know what I like. – Max Beerbohm
