I Wish To Lead A Life Free

I Cannot Give A Single Concert At Which I Do Not Play One Piece After The Other In An Agony Of Terror Because My Memory Threatens To Fail Me. This Fear Torments Me For Days Beforehand.

My Health May Be Better Preserved If I Exert Myself Less, But In The End Doesn't Each Person Give His Life For His Calling?

There Is Nothing Greater Than The Joy Of Composing Something Oneself And Then Listening To It.

The Tea Is Ice-cold, The Room Grows Colder And Colder, But I Grow Warmer And Warmer.

If I Have Known Much Trouble In My Youth, I Have Also Known Much Joy.