Study Bach. There you will find everything.
Never criticize the composition of a Royal Highness. You never know who may have written it.
It is not hard to compose but it is wonderfully hard to let the superfluous notes fall under the table. . . So many melodies fly about, one must be careful not to tread on them.
My things really are written with an appalling lack of practicality!
If there is anyone here whom I have not insulted, I beg his pardon.
Straightaway the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God.