I must give you a piece of intelligence that you perhaps already know, namely that the ungodly arch-villain Voltaire has died miserably like a dog, just like a brute. That is his reward!

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 must give you a piece of intelligence that you perhaps already know, namely that the ungodly arch-villain Voltaire has died miserably like a dog, just like a brute. That is his reward!

God first, then papa.

Even when I can play Europe's most precious keyboard, to have to listen to people who don't understand, or do not want to understand, and who are incapable of grasping my intent, whatever I play, does surely forfeit my lust for playing at all.

The most necessary, most difficult and principal thing in music, that is time.

Music is my life and my life is music. Anyone who does not understand this is not worthy of God.