Movers, Warblers and Other Noise Makers

Far too noisy, my dear Mozart, far too many notes...
- Archduke Ferdinand of Austria on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera.
- James Stephens, critic

Modern music is just noise with attitude
- Patrick Murray, British actor

This man has child-bearing lips
- American comedian Joan Rivers on Mick Jagger

After Rossini dies, who will there be to promote his music?
- German composer Richard Wagner on Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini