"I am always best when I am on the stage."
Art
"The chief requisite for a good public speaker is a clear conscience."
Truth
"I wish I were a little less good to more people."
Relationships
"Too many notes, as always."
Wisdom
"Die Musick ist das beste Theil des Lebens; she must flourish."
Music
"Marry for love, not for status or fortune."
Love
"One cannot help but marvel at the composition of all things."
Philosophy
"There is nothing so unjust as popular applause."
Justice
"A composer should sit in the front, not hide in the back."
Leadership
"Tell me, wherefore is the composer alive?"
Motivation
"When shall we three meet again, in thunder, lightning, or in rain?"
Friendship
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."
Freedom
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the music in our hearts."
Inspiration
"If only the world could taste the power of kindness and feel the influence of love."
Kindness
"These notes I write for myself; God hears them all."
Faith
"The mystery is in the mathematics of beauty."
Science
"How strange it is to discover what we always knew."
Knowledge
"Time is the greatest teacher, if we listen."
Time
"I must flee this place of mediocrity."
"What the world needs is music more than bread."
Art
"Every day wasted is a masterpiece never composed."
Perseverance
"The concert is like a conversation between composer and listener."
Relationships
"My symphony is my confession; my music is my truth."
Truth
"In solitude, one finds the greatest compositions."
Solitude
"Money is a blessing when it is not the reason for creating."
Money
"A minor key holds major truths."
Wisdom
"The adventure of composition never ends."
Adventure
"Imagination is the beginning of creation."
Imagination
"To improve is to change; to perfect is to change completely."
Change
"I thank my Creator for allowing me to hear beauty before I die."
Gratitude
