I am composing like a god, as if it simply had to be done as it has been done.

Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.

Anyone who loves music can never be quite unhappy.

My compositions spring from my sorrows. Those that give the world the greatest delight were born of my deepest griefs.

When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. And when I wished to sing of sorrow, it was transformed for me into love.

You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves.

Every night when I go to bed, I hope that I may never wake again, and every morning renews my grief.

No one feels another's grief, no one understands another's joy. People imagine they can reach one another. In reality they only pass each other by.

Easy mind, light heart. A mind that is too easy hides a heart that is too heavy.

O Mozart, immortal Mozart, how many, how infinitely many inspiring suggestions of a finer, better life you have left in our souls!

There is no such thing as happy music.

Life is dancing in front of you so don’t forget to enjoy the joy of the dance.

Years don't mean anything, only what happens in them.

Some people come some people go..That's the way it should be..Welcome people come, farewell people go..Because it's a life.

We can bring crews in from other areas, too. If Monterey is hard hit and Bakersfield, for example, is not, we can bring crews in from there.

You learn so much from taking chances, whether they work out or not. Either way, you can grow from the experience and become stronger and smarter.

Cherish your wilderness.

I do use reality because I want my work to feel real, I want it to feel heartfelt. I don't want to make it up and have it sound corny or unrelatable.

To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill.

Goodbye, my friend, goodbye. My dear, you are in my heart. Predestined separation promises a future meeting.

The truth is, every sport has been turned into a huge, nihilistic business.