"I am a child of God, and I will always be one."

"I have always been a great admirer of women."

"I hope that I shall live to be a hundred years old, and then I shall have time to write all the music that I have in my head."

"Life is a beautiful thing, even with all its troubles."

"If people would only know how much I have to do to acquire my art, it would not seem so easy to them."