Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand.

In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage.

I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding.

Don't bother looking at the view - I have already composed it.

I also had a brother who was like me a musician and a composer. A man of great talent, far more gifted than I. He died very young... he killed himself in the prime of his life.

I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment.

An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.