Just got a copy of David Nobbs "Fair Do's" second hand ( for one penny plus postage!!) as I've had "Bit of a Do " for years but Fair Do's was Out of Print and the recent reshowing on UK tv More 4 of the tv version made me revisit the originals.
...but I digress...
In it there are many good lines that made me laugh out loud. This one, referring to the "Dale Monsal Quartet" could have been made for me: "they failed to make up in vitality what they lacked in accuracy".

RtS
"enthusiasm no substitute for talent"