Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Keep it Majesty, if you want. It's already here in my head.Emperor Joseph II: What? On one hearing only?Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: I think so, Sire, yes.Emperor Joseph II: Show us.
I will speak for you, Father. I speak for all mediocrities in the world. I am their champion. I am their patron saint.
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!
The restored third act was bold, brilliant. The fourth... was astounding.