Composers are the only people who can hear good music above bad sounds.

Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment to the development of true artistic genius.

There is one thing that freezes a musician more than the deadliest physical cold, and that is the spiritual chill of an unresponsive audience!

Sincere composers believe in God.

Grand opera is the most powerful of stage appeals and that almost entirely through the beauty of music.

The average music-lover hears only the production under prevailing conditions.

I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher.