To Compose Is To Remember Music That

That First Concept Is Alway The Most Naturally And Best. The Mind Errs, The Emotion Never.

Only When The Form Grows Clear To You, Will The Spirit Become So Too.

My Heart Pounds Sickeningly And I Turn Pale... I Often Feel As If I Were Dead... I Seem To Be Losing My Mind.

Art Was Not Created As A Way To Riches. Strive To Become A True Artist; All Else Will Take Care Of Itself.

I Feel So Entirely In My Element With A Full Orchestra; Even If My Mortal Enemies Were Marshalled Before Me, I Could Lead Them, Master Them, Surround Them, Or Repulse Them.