"Here Chopin has the conviction that he has lost his power of expression. With the determination to discover whether h…"

"In the intellectual market the quantity of the demand rises in proportion to that of the supply, but its quality does…"

"The editor of this selection from Chopin’s Pianoforte Studies has, however, no such intention; on the contrary. he wi…"

"A tenor is not a man but a disease."

"Your tone sounds like roast-beef gravy running through a sewer."

"I am not a vegetarian."

"In the beginning was rhythm."

"It was von Bülow more than anybody else who by the force of personality, skill, perseverance and rasplike intelligenc…"

"Through his life he cut a wide swath through Europe and American, terrifying and amazing people with his intellect, h…"

"The strongest argument for the truth of Christianity is the true Christian, the man filled with the Spirit of Christ.…"