Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.
我不为评论家做音乐,我为需要它的人而作。
What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him.
我永远感激我的贫苦父母。我欠他们一切,无论是我的教育、我的生命,还是我取得的任何成功。