Perhaps only a Genius can truly understand Genius.

My indifference to money and my spendthrift ways are disgraceful. You have no idea how reckless I am; how often I practically throw money out of the window. I am always making good resolutions, but the next minute I forget and give the waiter eightpence.

In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.

I was a God-fearing child, innocent and physically attractive.

For me Wagner is impossible... he talks without ever stopping. One can't just talk all the time.

Perhaps only a Genius can truly understand Genius.

Music owes as much to Bach as religion to its founder.