Since God has given me a cheerful heart, He will forgive me for serving Him cheerfully..

I listened more than I studied... therefore little by little my knowledge and ability were developed..

Cheer up, children, I am all right..

I would give my best quartet for a good razor..

Mozart is the incarnation of music..

I'm going to commune with God and I must be appropriately dressed!.

Whenever I think of God I can only conceive of Him as a Being infinitely great and infinitely good. This last quality of the divine nature inspires m….

Rules are my very humble, obedient servants..

Children be comforted, I am well..

I tell you before God, and as an honest man, your son (W A Mozart)is the greatest composer known to me by person and repute, he has taste and what is….

I was for some time quite beside myself and could not believe that Providence could have required the presence of this indispensable man in the other….

Never was I so devout as when I composed The Creation. I knelt down each day to pray to God to give me strength for my work....When I was working on ….

There was no one near to confuse me, so I was forced to become original..

It is the melody which is the charm of music, and it is that which is most difficult to produce. The invention of a fine melody is a work of genius..

When I think of my God, my heart dances within me for joy, and then my music has to dance, too..

When I think upon my God, my heart is full of joy that the notes dance and leap from my pen..

If you want to know whether you have written anything worth preserving, sing it to yourself without any accompaniment..

The custom of saluting [i.e., embracing] ladies by their relatives and friends was introduced, it is said, by the early Romans, not out of respect or….

The life's story of great geniuses is a sad one, without much tangible reward, which does not inspire future generations to face a similar fate. Alas….

I was never a quick writer, but composed with great care and efforts..

Young people can learn from my example that something can come from nothing. What I have become is the result of my hard efforts..