If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.

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

We may be sure that a genius like Mozart, were he born today, would write concertos like Chopin and not like Mozart.

Thus it is ever in life. The aims we once pursued no longer satisfy us; we aim, we strive, we aspire, until sight fails, and mind and body find rest in the grave.

If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.

I am so fresh in soul and spirit that life gushes and bubbles around me in a thousand springs.

Play always as if in the presence of a master.