As I Love Mannheim, Mannheim Loves Me.

Love Guards The Heart From The Abyss.

I Really Do Not Aim At Any Originality.

When I Am At Peace With Myself . . . Then Thoughts Flow Into Me Most Easily And At Their Best. Where They Come From And How - That I Cannot Say . . . I'd Be Willing To Work Forever And Forever If I Were Permitted To Write Only Such Music As I Want To Write And Can Write - Which I Myself Think Good.

Nevertheless The Passions, Whether Violent Or Not, Should Never Be So Expressed As To Reach The Point Of Disgust.

Music Is My Life And My Life Is Music. Anyone Who Does Not Understand This Is Not Worthy Of God.