"We liked it" or "I didn't like it" people say. As if it were nothing higher than to please the people!
When you play, never mind who listens to you.
That first concept is alway the most naturally and best. The mind errs, the emotion never.
To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.
Let your intimate friends be chosen from such as are better informed than yourself.
My symphonies would have reached Opus 100 if I had but written them down... Sometimes I am so full of music, and so overflowing with melody, that I find it simply impossible to write down anything.