The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.

What force is more potent than love?

It is my conviction that the public always shows itself more honest in its spontaneity than do those who officially set themselves up as judges of works of art.

The further one separates himself from the precepts of the Christian Church, the further one distances himself from the truth. Only God can create. I make music from music.

The more controlled, limited and tormented art is, the freer it is.

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

I live neither in the past nor in the future. I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to serve, and I serve it in all lucidity.