Quotes from Joseph Haydn

I was cut off from the world. There was no one to confuse or torment me, and I was forced to become original.

I tell you before God, and as an honest man, your son is the greatest composer known to me by person and repute, he has taste and what is more the greatest skill in composition. (Said to Leopold Mozart)

I tell you before God, and as an honest man, your son (W A Mozart)is the greatest composer known to me by person and repute, he has taste and what is more the greatest skill in composition.

There was no one near to confuse me, so I was forced to become original.

I was put off from the world---so I was forced to become original.

When I think of my God, my heart dances within me for joy, and then my music has to dance, too.

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

If you want to know whether you have written anything worth preserving, sing it to yourself without any accompaniment.

I tell you before God, and as an honest man, your son (W A Mozart)is the greatest composer known to me by person and repute, he has taste and what is more the greatest skill in composition.

Mozart is the incarnation of music.

Since God has given me a cheerful heart, He will forgive me for serving Him cheerfully.

When I think upon my God, my heart is full of joy that the notes dance and leap from my pen.

I listened more than I studied... therefore little by little my knowledge and ability were developed.

I was for some time quite beside myself and could not believe that Providence could have required the presence of this indispensable man in the other world so soon.

I was never a quick writer, but composed with great care and efforts.

It is the melody which is the charm of music, and it is that which is most difficult to produce. The invention of a fine melody is a work of genius.

There was no one near to confuse me, so I was forced to become original.