“Young people can learn from my example that something can come from nothing. What I have become is the result of my hard efforts.”

— Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

“Music is a higher relevation than all wisdom and philosophy.”

— Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.”

— Victor Hugo (1802-1885)