Harmony is next to Godliness

Ceaseless work, analysis, reflection, writing much, endless self-correction, that is my secret.

Bring me coffee before I turn into a goat!

I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well.

Old concept: Love is blind. Marriage is an eye opener. New concept: Love is not blind - it simply enables one to see things others fail to see.

It cannot remain unmentioned that so many poorly equipped boys, and boys who have no talent at all for music, have been accepted into the school to date that the quality of music has necessarily declined and deteriorated. And those who do bring a few precepts with them when they come to school are not ready to be used immediately.

The most stupendous miracle in all music.