Arthur Sullivan

“My sacred music is that by which I should like to be remembered.”

“The long and short of it is, that I am a popular composer and popular composers are not loved by the critics.”

“I have been a slave to the theatre all my life.”

“For a composer to be appreciated, he must be dead.”

“The engine is in my head, the working of it is in my hands.”

“One day work is a necessity, the next it is a pleasure. The difference is not in the work, but in the work's master.”

“What is the use of music if it is not to be heard?”

“I am in a state of bewildered enthusiasm. I have got my own back again; that is, I am once more a musician.”

“No, I will not compose any more 'Savoy' pieces. I am a serious musician, and I want to do something better.”