As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our existence . . .

She's only pretty in that she has two small black eyes and a good figure.

Silence is very important. The silence between the notes are as important as the notes themselves.

A bachelor, in my opinion, is only half alive.

Music is my life and my life is music.

I write [music] as a sow piddles.

True perfection in all things is no longer known or prized - you must write music that is either so simple a coachman could sing it, or so unintelligble that audiences like it simply because no sane person could understand it.