A young man wrote to Mozart and said, “Herr Mozart, I am thinking of writing symphonies. Can you give me any suggestions as to how to get started?”
Mozart responded, “A symphony is a very complex musical form, perhaps you should begin with some simple lieder and work your way up to a symphony.”
“But Herr Mozart, you were writing symphonies when you were 8 years old.”
“But I never asked anybody how.” ♥