Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again.
Don't bother looking at the view - I have already composed it.
In Bach, the vital cells of music are united as the world is in God.
If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.
It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces.
There is a world of difference between a Mahler eighth note and a normal eighth note.