Music is indeed the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.
I can live only wholly with you or not at all.
Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.
The guitar is an orchestra in itself.
After Rossini dies, who will be there to promote his music?
The world is a king, and like a king, desires flattery in return for favor; but true art is selfish and perverse — it will not submit to the mold of flattery.