Witty quote: Advice

ADVICE:

A young man once approached the adult Mozart to ask advice on how to compose a symphony.

“You’re still young,” Mozart said. “Concentrate on writing ballads for a few years.”

“But you wrote symphonies when you were only ten years old,” the young man said.

“Yes,” Mozart said. “But I didn’t have to ask how.”

(Random House Book of Jokes and Anecdotes: Humor to Fit Any Occasion (second edition). Edited by Joe Claro. 1996. pg. 183)