Music begins where the possibilities of language end.
Music is on a higher plane than everything else in this world.
No one ever erected a statue of a critic.
Whereas most other modern composers are engaged in manufacturing cocktails of every hue and description, I offer the public cold spring water.
No statue has ever been put up to a critic.
If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.