My dream is to be played everywhere, not only at the Opera.

I am by far your superior, but my notorious modesty prevents me from saying so.

I liked the bit about quarter to eleven.

Before I compose a piece, I walk round it several times, accompanied by myself.

Opera is a musical scenery, a musical atmosphere in which the characters move and talk.

The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest.

We cannot doubt that animals both love and practice music. That is evident. But it seems their musical system differs from ours. It is another school....We are not familiar with their didactic works. Perhaps they don't have any.