Respectable people do not write music or make love as a career.

- Alexander Borodin

Music is a pastime, a relaxation from more serious occupations.

- Alexander Borodin

I am a composer in search of oblivion; and I'm always slightly ashamed to admit that I compose.

- Alexander Borodin

As a composer seeking to remain anonymous I am shy of confessing my musical activity. This is intelligible enough. For others it is their chief busin…

- Alexander Borodin