Capable Quote by Thomas Beecham

“Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it.”

Thomas Beecham

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Without question the most unpopular medium of musical sound in the world.

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Composers and musicians have always starved and, as this is a sentimental country, we think the tradition should be continued.

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What can you do with it? It's like a lot of yaks jumping about.

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No woman is worth the loss of a night's sleep.

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I prefer Offenbach to Bach often.

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The grand tune is the only thing in music that the great public really understands.

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I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.

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In the first movement alone, I took note of six pregnancies and at least four miscarriages.

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Beethoven's last quartets were written by a deaf man and should only be listened to by a deaf man.

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Have you heard any Stockhausen?" Beecham was asked. "No, but I believe I have stepped in some.

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