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What does it mean?
The speaker admits he is only capable of writing music.
In plain terms
I can only write music, nothing else.
What can you take from it?
Know your single gift.

Where it applies

  • self assessment
  • career choices
  • craft

Putting it to work

  • focus on one craft
  • accept limitations

Questions to consider

  • What can you do best?
  • What do you avoid?

Another view

People often develop skills beyond their main craft.

More from Ludwig van Beethoven

  1. Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup.

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  2. Do you think I worry about your lousy fiddle when the spirit moves me?

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  3. Anyone who understands my music will never be unhappy again.

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