The guitar is an orchestra in itself.

All my life I have regarded myself as one of Mozart's greatest admirers, and I will remain one until my last breath.

Artists who have won fame are often embarrassed by it; thus their first works are often their best.

I change many things, discard others, and try again and again until I am satisfied; then, in my head, I being to elaborate the work in its breadth, its narrowness, its height, its depth...I hear and see the image in front of me from every angle as if it had been cast and only the labour of writing it down remains.

There are and always will be thousands of princes, but there is only one Beethoven!

I want to seize fate by the throat.

Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.