Opinion in all parts of the world would agree that Rachmaninoff is the most complete of living masters of the instrument; his technique is comprehens…

- Sergei Rachmaninoff

I compose music because I must give expression to my feelings, just as I talk because I must give utterance to my thoughts.

- Sergei Rachmaninoff

What is Music? How do you define it? Music is a calm moonlit night, the rustle of leaves in Summer. Music is the far off peal of bells at dusk! Music…

- Sergei Rachmaninoff

The most efficient way to memorise a piece is to use the one which proceeds in an error free manner

- Sergei Rachmaninoff

Music is enough for a lifetime - but a lifetime is not enough for music.

- Sergei Rachmaninoff

My dear hands. Farewell, my poor hands.

- Sergei Rachmaninoff

A good conductor ought to be a good chauffeur; the qualities that make the one also make the other. They are concentration, an incessant control of a…

- Sergei Rachmaninoff

I feel like a ghost wandering in a world grown alien. I cannot cast out the old way of writing and I cannot acquire the new. I have made an intense e…

- Sergei Rachmaninoff

The virtuosos look to the students of the world to do their share in the education of the great musical public. Do not waste your time with music tha…

- Sergei Rachmaninoff