The Music Is Not In The Notes,

What's Even Worse Than A Flute? - Two Flutes!

It Is A Mistake To Think That The Price Of My Art Has Become Easy To Me.

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.

I Am Never Happier Than When I Have Something To Compose, For That, After All, Is My Sole Delight And Passion

When I Am Traveling In A Carriage, Or Walking After A Good Meal, Or During The Night When I Cannot Sleep; It Is On Such Occasions That Ideas Flow Best And Most Abundantly.