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My wife, my child, my music, Nature and the sun; they are my happiness.

— Richard Strauss

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Declarations about war and politics are not fitting for an artist, who must give his attention to his creations and his works.

In my opinion, Gustav Mahler's work is one of the most important and interesting products in the history of modern creative arts.

Please start from the Bruch violin concerto again!

I ask myself why I have actually survived once more and been called back to life.

Why don't people see what is new in my work, how in them, as is found only in Beethoven, the human being visibly plays a part in the work.

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The best way to worship God is to love your wife.

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