How Wonderful Opera Would Be If There

Eating, Loving, Singing, And Digesting Are, In Truth, The Four Acts Of The Comic Opera Known As Life, And They Pass Like Bubbles Of A Bottle Of Champagne. Whoever Lets Them Break Without Having Enjoyed Them Is A Complete Fool.

Wagner Has Lovely Moments But Awful Quarters Of An Hour.

Give Me A Laundry List And I'll Set It To Music.

Nothing Primes Inspiration More Than Necessity.

Nothing Primes Inspiration More Than Necessity, Whether It Be The Presence Of A Copyist Waiting For Your Work Or The Prodding Of An Impresario Tearing His Hair.