Times change, people change, thought and feeling take new shapes, put on fresh garments, sons bow their heads unwillingly to that which enraptured their fathers.

The great familiar musical works are always greeted by the audiences as ever welcome and beloved friends.

You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo.

Man is naturally lazy, therefore he invents labor-saving devices.

I cannot imagine a genuinely happy home without music in it.

If I don't practise for one day, I know it; if I don't practise for two days, the critics knows it; if I don't practise for three days, the audience knows it.

The culture of any country is gauged first by its progress in art.