It is when I am, as it were, completely myself, entirely alone, and of good cheer.....that ideas flow best and most abundantly. Whence and how they come, I know not, nor can I force them.

God is ever before my eyes. I realize his omnipotence and I fear His anger; but I also recognize his compassion, and His tenderness towards His creatures.

To every good friend I send my greet feet; addio nitwit. Love true true true until the grave, if I live that long and do behave.

I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.

I never lie down at night without reflecting that, young as I am, I may not live to see another day.

Music is my life and my life is music.

I am never happier than when I have something to compose, for that, after all, is my sole delight and passion