There was no one near to confuse me, so I was forced to become original.

Cheer up, children, I am all right.

I tell you before God, and as an honest man, your son (W A Mozart)is the greatest composer known to me by person and repute, he has taste and what is more the greatest skill in composition.

When I think upon my God, my heart is full of joy that the notes dance and leap from my pen.

I was for some time quite beside myself and could not believe that Providence could have required the presence of this indispensable man in the other world so soon.

It is the melody which is the charm of music, and it is that which is most difficult to produce. The invention of a fine melody is a work of genius.

Young people can learn from my example that something can come from nothing. What I have become is the result of my hard efforts.