Actually, the man had no ear at all. But what did it matter. He adored my music.
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They're all so beautiful. Why don't have three heads?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Why must I submit samples of my work to some stupid committee just to teach a thirteen-year-old girl?Count Von Strack: Because His Majesty wishes it.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Is the emperor angry with me?Count Von Strack: Quite the contrary.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Then why doesn't he simply appoint me to the post?Count Von Strack: Mozart, you are not the only composer in Vienna.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: No, but I'm the best!
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: I am fed to the teeth with elevated themes! Old dead legends! Why must we go on forever writing about gods and legends?Baron Van Swieten: Because they do. They go on forever. Or at least what they represent. The eternal in us. Opera is here to enoble us. You and me, just the same as His Majesty.