"My compositions are not easily understood by the public."

"Let us have a moment of silence for the poor, who cannot afford to buy my music."

"I shall remain a bachelor all my life, as I have found no one who understands me."

"Oh continue to love me–never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved. Ever thine. Ever mine. Ever ours."

"It is a fact that I have always placed my personal freedom before everything else."