My father is maestro at the Metropolitan church, which gives me an opportunity to write for the church as much as I please. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart More Quotes by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart More Quotes From Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart When I come to reflect on the subject, in no country have I received such honors or been so esteemed as in Italy, and nothing contributes more to a man's fame than to have written Italian operas, and especially for Naples. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart nothing man fame country I hope never to marry in this way; I wish to make my wife happy, but not to become rich by her means, so I will let things alone and enjoy my golden freedom till I am so well off that I can support both wife and children. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart alone wife freedom hope I know nothing new except that Herr Gellert, the Leipzig poet, is dead, and has written no more poetry since his death. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dead new poetry death I live in a country where music has very little success, though, exclusive of those who have forsaken us, we have still admirable professors and, more particularly, composers of great solidity, knowledge, and taste. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart great music success knowledge