There is no such thing as happy music.

Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock all the teeth out of the mouth of the poor wretch who has angered me.

The guitar is a wonderful instrument which is understood by few.

When all hopes of recognition or honor have faded into distant memory, when purity of heart meets sorrow of mind, when all the world seems to walk in blindness and yet a man works without wearying for that which he loves...only in this moment is passion truly understood

You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves.

No one understands another's grief, no one understands another's joy... My music is the product of my talent and my misery. And that which I have written in my greatest distress is what the world seems to like best.

Easy mind, light heart. A mind that is too easy hides a heart that is too heavy.