Easy Mind, Light Heart. A Mind That

Anyone Who Loves Music Can Never Be Quite Unhappy.

I Am Composing Like A God, As If It Simply Had To Be Done As It Has Been Done.

I Am In The World Only For The Purpose Of Composing.

No One Understands Another's Grief, No One Understands Another's Joy... My Music Is The Product Of My Talent And My Misery. And That Which I Have Written In My Greatest Distress Is What The World Seems To Like Best.

I Never Force Myself To Be Devout Except When I Feel So Inspired, And Never Compose Hymns Of Prayers Unless I Feel Within Me Real And True Devotion.