When young, one learns his craftsmanship, may become a young master, and it is youth that is most auspicious for developing certain skills.

An evil fate has deprived me of the full use of my right hand, so that I am not able to play my compositions as I feel them. The trouble with my hand is that certain fingers have become so weak, probably through writing and playing too much at one time, that I can hardly use them.

It was an unforgettable picture to see Chopin sitting at the piano like a clairvoyant, lost in his dreams; to see how his vision communicated itself through his playing, and how, at the end of each piece, he had the sad habit of running one finger over the length of the plaintive keyboard, as though to tear himself forcibly away from his dream.

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

For me, music is always the language which permits one to converse with the Beyond.

Music induces nightingales to sing, pug dogs to yelp.

Let your intimate friends be chosen from such as are better informed than yourself.