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

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

Believe me, my sole purpose is to make as much money as possible; for after good health it is the best thing to have.

Now there is music from which a man can learn something.

I too had to work hard, so as not to have to work hard any longer.

God first, then papa.

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