The bottom line of any country is what did we contribute to the world? We contributed Louis Armstrong.
Tony Bennett

I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century that has made giant strides in reverse
Bing Crosby

In opera, there is always too much singing
Claude Debussy

Never look at the trombones, it only encourages them
Richard Strauss

When she started to play, Steinway himself came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano
Bob Hope, on comedienne Phyllis Diller

There are still so many beautiful things to be said in C major
Sergei Prokofiev