The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach and Mozart settle…

- Ernest Newman

A good composer is slowly discovered and a bad composer is slowly found out.

- Ernest Newman

Jazz is not a 'form' but a collection of tags and tricks.

- Ernest Newman

Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration.

- Ernest Newman

For my part, if I had the power I would insist on all oratorios being sung in the costume of the period - with a possible exception in the case of th…

- Ernest Newman

The finest singing, given a good voice to begin with, comes from the constant play of a fine mind upon the inner meaning of the music.

- Ernest Newman

I had no idea Stravinsky disliked Debussy so much as this.

- Ernest Newman

The great-at-anything do not set to work because they are inspired, but rather become inspired because they are working. They don't waste time waitin…

- Ernest Newman

The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.

- Ernest Newman