Who said that?

[Beef Oven!]

A thread to post quotes from people connected with all things to do with music that are amusing, interesting, funny, whatever. Including real, imagined and reported quotes!

I'll kick off with this...............

Who said,

"I am not a fascist......I hate Tchaikovsky and will not conduct him. But if the audience want him, it can have him"

?

[Lat-Literal]

A thread to post quotes from people connected with all things to do with music that are amusing, interesting, funny, whatever. Including real, imagined and reported quotes!

I'll kick off with this...............

Who said,

"I am not a fascist......I hate Tchaikovsky and will not conduct him. But if the audience want him, it can have him"

?

Boulez.

"I eat only white foods: eggs, sugar, grated bones, the fat of dead animals; veal, salt, coconut, chicken cooked in white water; fruit mold, rice, turnips; camphorated sausage, dough, cheese (white), cotton salad, and certain fish (skinless)."

[Bryn]

Boulez.

"I eat only white foods: eggs, sugar, grated bones, the fat of dead animals; veal, salt, coconut, chicken cooked in white water; fruit mold, rice, turnips; camphorated sausage, dough, cheese (white), cotton salad, and certain fish (skinless)."

Well, it reads like Satie, but I don't actually recognise it.

"Happy New Ears"

[Beef Oven!]

Boulez.

"I eat only white foods: eggs, sugar, grated bones, the fat of dead animals; veal, salt, coconut, chicken cooked in white water; fruit mold, rice, turnips; camphorated sausage, dough, cheese (white), cotton salad, and certain fish (skinless)."

Yes, Boulez apparently. During his first full season at the New York Philharmonic when audiences turned, and did not like his modern programming - including Elliott Carter's 'Concerto For Orchestra' and the first performance of Varese's 'Amerique' in 46 years!

[Beef Oven!]

Well, it reads like Satie, but I don't actually recognise it.

"Happy New Ears"

It's Satie


Edit: Oops, sorry Lat-Literal, I should have let you answer!

[Petrushka]

Who said about conducting: 'You have to be a bit of a bastard to do this job'?

[Beef Oven!]

Who said about conducting: 'You have to be a bit of a bastard to do this job'?

Jack Harper?

[Beef Oven!]

"I'm playing all the right notes—but not necessarily in the right order."

[MrGongGong]

"Tuning is a function of time"

[Beef Oven!]

"Tuning is a function of time"

Just waiting for Bryn and we can have your LMY double-act again

[MrGongGong]

“Contrast is for people who can’t write music.”

[Bryn]

Just waiting for Bryn and we can have your LMY double-act again

I'm still waiting for you to respond to "Happy New Ears" in #3.

"I would give anything to have written this."

[Bryn]

“Contrast is for people who can’t write music.”

Hay! I know that one.

[MrGongGong]

Hay! I know that one.

very good

“Life is too precious to spend it with important people.”

and (not the same person)

"Listen to everything all the time and remind yourself when you are not listening."

[Beef Oven!]

Hay! I know that one.

Feed the answer (quietly)