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I write as a sow piddles.

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The only thing--I tell you this straight from the heart--that disgusts me in Salzburg is that one can't have any proper social intercourse with those ...more

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You know that I immerse myself in music, so to speak— that I think about it all day long— that I like experimenting— studying— reflecting.

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I live in a country where music has very little success, though, exclusive of those who have forsaken us, we have still admirable professors and, more...more

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What's even worse than a flute? - Two flutes!

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The music is not in the notes,but in the silence between.

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Melody is the essence of music. I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counterpointists to hack post-horses; therefore be advised, let well al...more

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

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When I am ..... completely myself, entirely alone... or during the night when I cannot sleep, it is on such occasions that my ideas flow best and most...more