Vienna is a handsome, lively city, and pleases me exceedingly.

I really don't know whether any place contains more pianists than Paris, or whether you can find more asses and virtuosos anywhere.

Bach is an astronomer, discovering the most marvellous stars. Beethoven challenges the universe. I only try to express the soul and the heart of man.

Play Mozart in memory of me - and I will hear you.

Nothing is more beautiful than the sound of the guitar.

After a rest in Edinburgh, where, passing a music-shop, I heard some blind man playing a mazurka of mine.

They want me to give another concert but I have no desire to do so. You cannot imagine what a torture the three days before a public appearance are to me.