Franz Schubert

“Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.”

“No one feels another's grief, no one understands another's joy. People imagine they can reach one another. In reality they only pass each other by.”

“When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. And when I wished to sing of sorrow, it was transformed for me into love.”

“I try to decorate my imagination as much as I can.”

“Anyone who loves music can never be quite unhappy.”

“I am in the world only for the purpose of composing.”

“The moment is supreme.”

“My music is the product of my talent and my misery. And that which I have written in my greatest distress is what the world seems to like best.”

“Every night when I go to sleep, I hope that I may never wake again, and every morning renews my grief.”

“My compositions spring from my sorrows. Those that give the world the greatest delight were born of my deepest griefs.”

“There is no such thing as happy music.”