Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

I have always reckoned myself among the greatest admirers of Mozart, and shall do so till the day of my death.

I can live only wholly with you or not at all.

This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.

Rossini would have been a great composer if his teacher had spanked him enough on his backside.

Art demands of us that we shall not stand still.

Life would be flat without music. It is the background to all I do. It speaks to the heart in its own special way like nothing else.