The Only True Immortality Lies In One's

Straight-away The Ideas Flow In Upon Me, Directly From God, And Not Only Do I See Distinct Themes In My Mind's Eye, But They Are Clothed In The Right Forms, Harmonies, And Orchestration.

For The Shallow Delights Of Matrimony And Opera I Have No Courage.

Never Criticize The Composition Of A Royal Highness. You Never Know Who May Have Written It.

It Is A Real Pleasure To See Music So Bright And Spontaneous Expressed With Corresponding Ease And Grace.

Without Craftsmanship, Inspiration Is A Mere Reed Shaken In The Wind.