I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.

Art demands of us that we shall not stand still.

Only the flint of a man's mind can strike fire in music.

Music is the wine which inspires one to new generative processes, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for mankind and makes them spiritually drunken.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Recommend to your children to be virtuous, only the virtue can bring us happiness, not the money.

Never forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours.