Walter Legge

“I am a tyrant, a dictator, but I am not a democrat.”

“In a world of pygmies, a man of normal stature is a giant.”

“The public doesn't know what it wants until it is given it.”

“I'm only interested in the best, and I will have nothing less.”

“The microphone is a cruel and revealing instrument.”

“To make a great record you need a great artist, a great work, a great hall, and a great producer. I am the last.”

“I have a mania for detail.”

“You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, however much you titivate it electronically.”

“My job is to put a frame around the picture.”

“A record is a snapshot of a performance, not a document.”