I am not handsome, but when women hear me play, they come crawling to my feet.

- Niccolo Paganini

I love the guitar for its harmony; it is my constant companion in all my travels.

- Niccolo Paganini

The variations I've composed on the graceful Neapolitan ditty, 'Oh Mamma, Mama Cara,' outshine everything. I can't describe it

- Niccolo Paganini

On December 12, 1829, Paganini wrote his friend Germi: "The variations I've composed on the graceful Neapolitan ditty, 'Oh Mamma, Mama Cara,' outshin…

- Niccolo Paganini

Now I am a genius; before that I was a drudge.

- Niccolo Paganini