Franz Liszt

Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice.

Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.

Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I don't know what flirting is, really. Sometimes in women, friendliness comes across as flirting. That is not what it is.