All my life I have regarded myself as one of Mozart's greatest admirers, and I will remain one until my last breath.
I liked your opera. I think I will set it to music.
Music is indeed the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.
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.
Applaud my friends, the comedy is over... [on his death bed]
Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear.