God tells me how the music should sound, but you stand in the way..

I hate you all because you destroy my dreams!.

After I die, I shall return to earth as a gatekeeper of a bordello and I won't let any of you enter..

Liberty, in my opinion, is the only orthodoxy within the limits of which art may express itself and flourish freely-liberty that is the best of all t….

After conducting a concert in a small town, I once received the following note from a farmer who had attended the performance: "Dear Sir, I wish to i….

To Strauss the composer I take off my hat; to Strauss the man I put it back on again..

If you want to please the critics, don't play too loud, too soft, too fast, too slow..

Can't you read? The score demands 'con amore,' and what are you doing? You are playing it like married men!.

I kissed my first girl and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. I haven't had time for tobacco since..

When I was young, I kissed my first woman and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. Believe me, never since have I wasted any more time on toba….