Oral musical traditions are rooted in assured and scrupulous faith.

When you write the story of two happy lovers, let the story be set on the banks of Lake Como.

Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless.

The music of the Gypsies belongs in the sphere of improvisation rather than in any other, without which it would have no power to exist.

The supreme harmony of the cosmos is selected in the harmony of the spirit.

Music is the heart of life." She speaks love; "without it, there is no possible good and with it everything is beautiful.

Sorrowful and great is the artist's destiny.