"I work hard. If you work hard, you get good results."

"The authorities here are very strange people, and little inclined to promote music."

"Every good musician, if he has a talent for composition, must not only be able to play a piece of music, but also to write down his own thoughts."

"Cabbage and turnips have driven me away, had my mother cooked meat, I'd have opted to stay."

"The only thing you have to do is hit the right note at the right time."