A great piece of music is beautiful regardless of how it is performed.

Our business is rejoicing, our business is rejoicing.

What can be considered human emotions? Surely not only lyricism, sadness, tragedy? Doesn't laughter also have a claim to that lofty title? I want to fight for the legitimate right of laughter in "serious" music.

Football is the ballet of the masses.

I write music, it’s performed. After all, my music says it all. It doesn’t need historical and hysterical commentaries. In the long run, any words about music are less important than the music.

I always try to make myself as widely understood as possible; and if I don't succeed, I consider it my own fault.

Music is good, not evil. Poetry is good, not evil. Primitive, but oh, so true!