Music Can Change The World.

Artists Who Have Won Fame Are Often Embarrassed By It; Thus Their First Works Are Often Their Best.

This Is The Mark Of A Really Admirable Man: Steadfastness In The Face Of Trouble.

Beethoven Can Write Music, Thank God, But He Can Do Nothing Else On Earth.

There Is No Loftier Mission Than To Approach The Godhead More Nearly Than Other Mortals, And By Means Of That Contact To Spread The Rays Of The Godhead Through The Human Race.

Yet It Was Impossible For Me To Say To People, 'speak Louder, Shout, For I Am Deaf.' Ah, How Could I Possibly Admit An Infirmity In The One Sense Which Ought To Be More Perfect In Me Than Others, A Sense Which I Once Possessed In The Highest Perfection, A Perfection Such As Few In My Profession Enjoy Or Ever Have Enjoyed.