My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less, but in the end doesnt each person give his life for his calling? – Clara Schumann
I cannot give a single concert at which I do not play one piece after the other in an agony of terror because my memory threatens to fail me. This fear torments me for days beforehand. – Clara Schumann
My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art. – Clara Schumann
The dumber half of the audience – whether theyre male or female, and a lot of them are male – for some reason responds very quickly to the feminine voice. How can I put it? They kind of instantly react to the female voice in a positive way quicker than they would the male voice. – Frank Black