@rjdebbaut Glad you had that support eventually. I went to see Sir Georg Solti after a performance when I worked at Decca. I was a junior in the royalties department. He put his arm round my shoulder and said with a broad grin, "Very important man, you are". Something similar happened with Hans W...
On a lighter note, try Coward's "Could you please oblige us with a Brenn gun". To my mind, the best line is "We'd almost be ashamed of it in Rome".