Music can change the world.

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

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

I carry my thoughts about me for a long time, often a very long time, before I write them down; meanwhile my memory is so faithful that I am sure never to forget, not even in years, a theme that has once occurred to me.

Applaud my friends, the comedy is over... [on his death bed]

Oh continue to love me, never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved. Ever thine. Ever mine. Ever ours.

The guitar is an orchestra in itself.