Quote by Paul Strathern

“I'm not Beethoven!”

— Jerry Garcia

“He had said it bravely, and that is why one can trust Beethoven when he says other things.”

— E.M. Forster

“On behalf of all that is good and melodic, Ludwig van Beethoven, I apologize.”

— Sarah Strohmeyer

“It will be generally admitted that Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man.”

— E.M. Forster

“In these few minutes, I was Beethoven's captive and I couldn't have been a more willing participant.”

— Stormy Smith

“...our students should be playing Beethoven with research processes, but instead we are hearing Mary Had a Little Lamb.”

— William Badke

“Oh, well - he wasn't going to write the Beethoven's Ninth Symphony anyway.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“It is as if you have described a symphony of Beethoven accurately, with all the notes right, and the dynamics, and the pace of…

— Timothy Cook

“Beethoven... he is a miracle!”

— Alice Herz Sommer

“I don't know. How did Beethoven hear the Ninth Symphony in his head before he wrote it down? The brain's a pretty good computer,…

— Isaac Asimov

“I know of only one composer who measures up to Beethoven, and that is Bruckner.”

— Richard Wagner