If Beethoven Is A Prodigy Of Man,

One Can't Judge Wagner's Opera Lohengrin After A First Hearing, And I Certainly Don't Intend To Hear It A Second Time.

Eating, Loving, Singing, And Digesting Are, In Truth, The Four Acts Of The Comic Opera Known As Life, And They Pass Like Bubbles Of A Bottle Of Champagne. Whoever Lets Them Break Without Having Enjoyed Them Is A Complete Fool.

Give Me A Laundry List And I'll Set It To Music.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Is The Only Musician Who Had As Much Knowledge Asgenius, And As Much Genius As Knowledge.

Nothing Primes Inspiration More Than Necessity, Whether It Be The Presence Of A Copyist Waiting For Your Work Or The Prodding Of An Impresario Tearing His Hair.