There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it.

Composing gives me great pleasure... there is nothing that surpasses the joy of creation, if only because through it one wins hours of self-forgetfulness, when one lives in a world of sound.

My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less, but in the end doesn't each person give his life for his calling?

I do not want horses or diamonds - I am happy in possessing you.

I will yield to popular demands only insofar as they do not betray my own convictions.

There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it.

The tea is ice-cold, the room grows colder and colder, but I grow warmer and warmer.