"Ah, it seemed to me impossible to leave the world until I had produced all that I felt called upon to produce."

"I would, perhaps, rather come to you and your people, than to many rich folk who display inward poverty."

"I shall hear in heaven."

"My mind is so full of music that I could write all day and all night. But I cannot write it down fast enough."

"I am not a man of words; I am a man of music."