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The result was magnificent . . . I became the father of two girls and two boys, lovely children by good fortune they...
Sometimes I think, not so much am I a pianist, but a vampire. All my life I have lived off the blood of...
Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any...
It took great courage to ask a beautiful young woman to marry me. Believe me, it is easier to play the whole of...
The first movement represented the struggles of my youth, the following andante the beginning of a more serious aspect...
I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is...
Musicians . . . own music because music owns them.
Source: Commencement address at...
I don't go around regretting things that don't happen.
Source: On infrequency with...
I seem to write an opera about every 20 years; if you live long enough you can write four operas. I finished my third...
I don't care what [other critics] say, I only hope to be played.
Source: On being...
You explain how it went, and as far as you can figure out how it got that way.
I never learned to verbalize an abstract musical concept. No thank you. The whole point of being a serious musician is...
I look at you and I write down what I hear.
Source: To Picasso, when asked how he...
Falsely conceived and rather clumsily executed . . . crooked folklore and halfway opera.
The description and explanation is the best part of music reviewing. There is such a thing, and you know it too, as a...
The last time I saw Paris, her heart was warm and gay,
I heard the laughter of her heart in every street...
The hills are alive with the sound of music
With the songs they have sung
For a thousand...
Fools give you reasons, wise men never try.
Source: South Pacific, 'Some Enchanted...
I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair.
Source: South Pacific, Title of...
Ol' man river, dat ol' man river,
He must know sumpin', but don't say nothin',
He just keeps rollin', he keeps...