From the Quotation of the day mailing list, 2008-03-20:
"There is a telling anecdote illustrating this point: Drafted into military service in 1915, he was questioned: 'Tell me, are you the famous composer, about whom there has been so much scandal?' Schoenberg answered: 'It's like this: someone had to be; no one wanted to be; so I offered myself.'" -- Hanns Eisler, on composer Arnold Schoenberg. From Hanns Eisler: A Miscellany edited By David Blake. (There are many versions of this anecdote.)
(submitted to the mailing list by Terry Labach)
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