"I love my wife, and she loves me, and that is all that matters."

"I confess that I am a glutton by nature."

"I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings."

"I am a true artist, and I will always be one."

"People err who think my art comes easily to me. I assure you, dear friend, nobody has devoted so much time and thought to compositions as I. There is not a famous master whose music I have not industr…"