Je suis venu au monde tres jeune dans un temps tres vieux
I liked the bit about quarter to eleven.
When I was young, people used to say to me: Wait until you're fifty, you'll see. I am fifty. I haven't seen anything.
Before I compose a piece, I walk round it several times, accompanied by myself.
I am tired of always dying with a broken heart.
Opera is a musical scenery, a musical atmosphere in which the characters move and talk.