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.

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.

Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.

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.

A good Cuban cigar closes the doors to the vulgarities of the world.

In Hungary all native music, in its origin, is divided naturally into melody destined for song or melody for the dance.

The music of the Gypsies belongs in the sphere of improvisation rather than in any other, without which it would have no power to exist.