Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — "I never force myself to compose more than I feel like, for I know that my compos…"

"I should like to know for what reason idleness is so popular with many young people that it is impossible to dissuade them from it either by words or by chastisements."

"I have often wished that I could be a bird, so that I might fly away from all my troubles."

"If Germany, my beloved fatherland, of whom you know I am proud, will not accept me, then must I, in the name of God, again make France or England richer by one capable German; — and to the shame of th…"

"What annoys me most is that these stupid Frenchmen think I am still just seven years old - because that was my age when they first saw me - (...) they treat me here like a beginner - except the musici…"

"I have a terrible memory for names, but I can remember every note of a piece of music after hearing it once."