Mozart combines serenity, melancholy, and tragic intensity into one great lyric improvisation. Over it all hovers the greater spirit that is Mozart's - the spirit of compassion, of universal love, even of suffering - a spirit that knows no age, that belongs to all ages.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
This interpretation projects a specific spiritual view onto the music.
It is hard to think of another composer who so perfectly marries form and passion.
Mozart's music is constantly escaping from its frame, because it cannot be contained in it.
Mozart's music is free of all exaggeration, of all sharp breaks and contradictions. The sun shines but does not blind, does not burn or consume. Heaven arches …
Tell me why, must I fall in love with you?
We human beings are tuned such that we crave great melody and great lyrics. And if somebody writes a great song, it's timeless that we as humans are going to f…
This music is forever for me. It's the stage thing, that rush moment that you live for. It never lasts, but that's what you live for.