Tradition Is Laziness.

The Point Is Not To Take The World's Opinion As A Guiding Star But To Go One's Way In Life And Working Unerringly, Neither Depressed By Failure Nor Seduced By Applause.

An Operetta Is Simply A Small And Gay Opera.

I Don't Choose What I Compose. It Chooses Me.

The Longer You Live And The More You Learn, The More Clearly You Will Feel The Difference Between The Few Men Who Are Truly Great And The Mere Virtuosi.

I Have Become A Different Person. I Don't Know Whether This Person Is Better, He Certainly Is Not Happier.