I find little in the works of Beethoven, Berlioz, Wagner and others when they are led by a conductor who functions like a windmill.

Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless.

Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.

It is impossible to imagine a more complete fusion with nature than that of the Gypsy.

So let us not worry, and look instead as it has been taught us to do, as the birds of the air and the lilies of the field, keeping complete faith in Our Father's goodness.

The day will come when all nations amidst which the Jews are dwelling will have to raise the question of their wholesale expulsion, a question which will be one of life or death, good health or chronic disease, peaceful existence or perpetual social fever.

I did not compose my work as one might put on a church vestment... rather it sprung from the truly fervent faith of my heart, such as I have felt it since my childhood.