Perhaps Only A Genius Can Truly Understand

That First Concept Is Alway The Most Naturally And Best. The Mind Errs, The Emotion Never.

Mendelssohn I Consider The First Musician Of The Day; I Doff My Hat To Him As My Superior. He Plays With Everything, Especially With The Grouping Of The Instruments In The Orchestra, But With Such Ease, Delicacy And Art, With Such Mastery Throughout.

If, While At The Piano, You Attempt To Form Little Melodies, That Is Very Well; But If They Come Into Your Mind Of Themselves, When You Are Not Practising, You May Be Still More Pleased; For The Internal Organ Of Music Is Then Roused In You. The Fingers Must Do What The Head Desires; Not The Contrary.

When You Play, Never Mind Who Listens To You.

I Was A God-fearing Child, Innocent And Physically Attractive.