I write music with an exclamation point!

We must learn to die, and to die in the fullest sense of the word. The fear of the end is the source of all lovelessness

Many's the man/ who thought himself wise/ but what he needed/ he did not know.

The whole duty of a conductor is comprised in his ability to indicate the right tempo.

Never look at the trombones, it only encourages them.

The language of tones belongs equally to all mankind, and melody is the absolute language in which the musician speaks to every heart.

I know absolutely nothing about music.