Music Owes As Much To Bach As

For Me, Music Is Always The Language Which Permits One To Converse With The Beyond.

You Should Neither Play Bad Compositions, Nor, Unless Compelled, Listen To Them.

My Symphonies Would Have Reached Opus 100 If I Had But Written Them Down... Sometimes I Am So Full Of Music, And So Overflowing With Melody, That I Find It Simply Impossible To Write Down Anything.

Does It Not Seem As If Mozart's Works Become Fresher And Fresher The Oftener We Hear Them?

An Evil Fate Has Deprived Me Of The Full Use Of My Right Hand, So That I Am Not Able To Play My Compositions As I Feel Them. The Trouble With My Hand Is That Certain Fingers Have Become So Weak, Probably Through Writing And Playing Too Much At One Time, That I Can Hardly Use Them.