Anybody can write music of a sort. But touching the public heart is quite another thing.
Remember always that the composer's pen is still mightier than the bow of the violinist; in you lie all the possibilities of the creation of beauty.
I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher.
Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself.
