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Rather, I believe that it is very good, if, with the aid of his songs, we can be reminded, among other things, of the social conditions under which Schubert had to work.

With Schubert, a lot of the melodies are very simple, but he's in this groove. He's in touch with his heart.

Schubert had arguably the same melodic gift as Mozart, but even less support. He didn't have the early exposure, never got to travel anywhere, and yet generated and amassed a body of work that grew and developed and is very profound.

He could not die when trees were green, for he loved the time too well.

Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field.

My father was a progressive farmer, and was always ready to lay aside an old plough if he could replace it with one better constructed for its work. All through life, I have ever been ready to buy a better plough.

The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.

The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.

Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength; and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life.