I was in a state of gnawing, sensuous agitation that excited continually both blood and nerves when I sketched out the music for 'Tannhauser' and brought it to completion.

After Rossini dies, who will there be to promote his music?

I write music with an exclamation point!

This is what she trains for. She's excited to go.

Everyone seems to be very excited.

In no State is there a weightier law than that which centers its stability in the supreme hereditary power of one particular family, unconnected and un-commingling with any other lineage in that State.