Edward Elgar Quotes

It is curious to be treated by the old-fashioned people as a criminal because my thoughts and ways are beyond them.

My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require.

I always said God was against art and I still believe it.

I always said God was against art and I still believe it. Anything obscene or trivial is blessed in this world and has a reward – I ask for no reward – only to live & to hear my work.

English music is white – it evades everything.

The music is in the air. Take as much as you want.