'Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away'.

'Try everything once except folk dancing and incest'. (This is also attributed to Sir Arnold Bax, George S. Kaufman, Oscar Wilde and Winston Churchill.)

'I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it'.

On Beethoven's Seventh Symphony: 'What can you do with it? It's like a lot of yaks jumping about.'

I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself h…

Never look at the Trombones, you'll only encourage them.

Q: What were your initial thoughts of NIN prior to joining the band? Aaron: I thought I'd hafta shave my eyebrows, wear dog collars, mesh tank tops, and black …