If they cut off both hands, I will compose music anyway holding the pen in my teeth.
When a man is in despair, it means that he still believes in something.
I always try to make myself as widely understood as possible; and if I don't succeed, I consider it my own fault.
Our business is rejoicing, our business is rejoicing.
Music is good, not evil. Poetry is good, not evil. Primitive, but oh, so true!
Real music is always revolutionary, for it cements the ranks of the people; it arouses them and leads them onward.