Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.

Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

Composers shouldn't think too much -- it interferes with their plagiarism.

Composers shouldn't think too much -- it interferes with their plagiarism.

When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.

When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.

Rugged the breast that music cannot tame.

Rugged the breast that music cannot tame.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

Music must rank as the highest of the arts -- more than any other, it ministers to human welfare.

Music must rank as the highest of the arts -- more than any other, it ministers to human welfare.

No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music.

No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music.

I've always felt rock and roll was very, very wholesome music.

I've always felt rock and roll was very, very wholesome music.