I got to try the bagpipes. It was like trying to blow an octopus.
Sir Thomas Beecham

All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.
Louis Armstrong

Jazz music is to be played sweet, soft, plenty rhythm.
Jelly Roll Morton

Listen, kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies.
Irving Berlin

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.
Jean Cocteau

Bing Crosby sings like all people think they sing in the shower.
Dinah Shore

Brass bands are all very well in their place -- outdoors and several miles away.
Thomas Beecham