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

...music is the living God in our bosoms.

The oldest, truest, most beautiful organ of music, the origin to which alone our music owes its being, is the human voice.

I have long been convinced that my artistic ideal stands or falls with Germany. Only the Germany that we love and desire can help us achieve that ideal.

I write music with an exclamation point!

Whatever I thought right, to others seemed wrong; what I held to be bad, others approved of.

Divorce is one of the most financially traumatic things you can go through. Money spent on getting mad or getting even is money wasted.