Music is my life and my life is music.

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

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

People err who think my art comes easily to me. I assure you, dear friend, nobody has devoted so much time and thought to compositions as I. There is not a famous master whose music I have not industriously studied through many times.

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

Our riches, being in our brains, die with us... Unless of course someone chops off our head, in which case, we won't need them anyway.

One must not make oneself cheap here - that is a cardinal point - or else one is done. Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance.