Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.

Love, and love alone, is capable of giving thee a happier life.

It is the power of music to carry one directly into the mental state of the composer.

Only art and science can raise men to the level of God.

Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.

To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable!

I shall seize fate by the throat.

Rossini would have been a great composer if his teacher had spanked him enough on his backside.

I alter some things, eliminate and try again until I am satisfied. Then begins the mental working out of this material in its breadth, its narrowness, its height and depth.

In whatsoever manner it be, let me turn to God and become fruitful in good works. Nothing higher exists than to approach God more than other people and from that to extend His glory among humanity.I will place all my confidence in your eternal goodness, O God! My soul shall rejoice in Thee, immutable Being. Be my rock, my light, forever my trust.

I wish you music to help with the burdens of life ,and to help you release your happiness to others.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have admit to yourself your own errors.

Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup.

Music is a higher revelation
than all wisdom and philosphy.
Music is the electrical soil
in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.

I want to seize fate by the throat.

I have always reckoned myself among the greatest admirers of Mozart, and shall do so till the day of my death.

I know of no more sacred duty than to rear and educate a child.

All my life I have regarded myself as one of Mozart's greatest admirers, and I will remain one until my last breath.

The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, Thus far and no farther.

Handel, to him I bow the knee.