Oral musical traditions are rooted in assured and scrupulous faith.

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.

Truth is a great flirt.

The character of instrumental music... lets the emotions radiate and shine in their own character without presuming to display them as real or imaginary representations.

A person of any mental quality has ideas of his own. This is common sense.

I am not fond of speaking about politics because I don't have in my possession an army of 200,000 soldiers.

Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words.