I Am What I Am,

Music Is Either Sacred Or Secular. The Sacred Agrees With Its Dignity, And Here Has Its Greatest Effect On Life, An Effect That Remains The Same Through All Ages And Epochs. Secular Music Should Be Cheerful Throughout.

Theories Are Usually The Over-hasty Efforts Of An Impatient Understanding That Would Gladly Be Rid Of Phenomena, And So Puts In Their Place Pictures, Notions, Nay, Often Mere Words.

If You Modestly Enjoy Your Fame You Are Not Unworthy To Rank With The Holy.

Love Grants In A Moment What Toil Can Hardly Acheive In An Age.

If You Are Convinced Of A Matter, You Must Take Sides Or You Don't Deserve To Succeed.