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Quotes by Thomas Beecham

A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.
– Thomas Beecham
All the arts in America are a gigantic racket run by unscrupulous men for unhealthy women.
– Thomas Beecham
Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.
– Thomas Beecham
Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.
– Thomas Beecham
Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.
– Thomas Beecham
I didn't know he'd been knighted. I knew he'd been doctored.
– Thomas Beecham
I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.
– 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
Most of them sound like they live on seaweed.
– Thomas Beecham
Movie music is noise... even more painful than my sciatica.
– Thomas Beecham
No operatic star has yet died soon enough for me.
– Thomas Beecham
The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.
– Thomas Beecham
There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.
– Thomas Beecham