You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that.

In the country It seems as if every tree Said to me 'Holy! Holy!' Who can ever express The ecstasy of the woods! Almighty One, In the woods I am blessed. Happy every one in the woods. Every tree speaks through Thee. O God! What glory in the woodland.

Händel is the greatest and ablest of all composers; from him I can still learn.

After Rossini dies, who will be there to promote his music?

I wish you music to help with the burdens of life ,and to help you release your happiness to others.

Music is the electric soil in which the spirit thinks, lives and invents. All that's electrical stimulates the mind to flowing surging musical creation. I am electrical by nature.

I alter some things, eliminate and try again until I am satisfied. Then begins the mental working out of this material in its breadth, its narrowness, its height and depth.