Deep Purple - Hard Lovin Man

Homeland, family, friends ... Friends are sometimes quite a heavy burden. Shortly before his birthday, October 14, Liszt received a letter from Wagner from Zurich: “... So, this is about this: how and where to get livelihoods from? Is my Lohengrin worthless? Can it be that the opera, which I would so much like to bring to the end ("Death of Siegfried". - M. Z.), also has no price? Of course, at the present moment, for the modern public, as it is, these operas should seem like some kind of luxury. But, one wonders, what about the few who love my work? And should they not provide the poor, needy creator of these works, if not a reward for work, then at least the opportunity to move forward in their work? I can not contact the traders! I can only address thosein whom I feel real nobility - not to the princes by position, but to the princes in spirit. And for the sake of the highest, most intimate good of my soul, I really have to look not for earning, but for grace. If we, the few, during this despicable time of trading will not be merciful to each other, then how will we live in the name of art, for its glory? ”