“My wife, my child, my music, Nature and the sun; they are my happiness.”
written on the sketches for his Domestic Symphony. Charles Youmans, Mahler and Strauss in Dialogue, Indiana University press (2016), found on page 60.
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German composer and orchestra director 1864–1949Related quotes
(from vol 2, letter 21: 11 Mar 1779, to Mr S___ ).
“My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.”
Variant: My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
“I am steady with my wife. I'm faithful to my wife.”
Time Magazine http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1554388,00.html, accessed November 4, 2006
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“Music is my love. And because it is my love, music has become my religion.”
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“Family, my wife and children, that's my reason for being.”
On his album System, as quoted in "Seal" profile at Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (CBS) (4 December 2007) http://alpha.cbs.com/specials/victorias_secret_2007/seal.php
Context: Family, my wife and children, that's my reason for being. Everything is done with them in mind, so perhaps that's the reason this new album is up-tempo. It does feel like a celebration of life. I am finally in a content and happy place to the point where I feel like I need to sing about it. It's made me want to address things that are close to home.
“You are my sun,
my moon, and
all my stars.”
Variant: Yours is the light by which my spirit's born: - you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars.