I am never happier than when I have something to compose, for that, after all, is my sole delight and passion
It is a mistake to think that the price of my art has become easy to me.
A bachelor, in my opinion, is only half alive.
The most necessary, most difficult and principal thing in music, that is time.
Creativity is the firing of my soul.
To win applause one must write stuff so simple that a coachman might sing it.