When I'm in my normal mood, music drips from my fingers.
Writing music is not so much inspiration as hard work.
All great composers of the past spent most of their time studying. Feeling alone won't do the job. A man also needs technique.
What the hell do you want to work for somebody else for? Work for yourself!
Why should I limit myself to only one woman when I can have as many women as I want?
All these tales of people sitting down and composing symphonies just as though they were writing a letter are very much exaggerated; at least, it isn't that way in my work.