Korn - My Gift To You

Such kinds of entertainments, now quickly replacing each other and unbridled, sometimes in tune with a more relaxed mood, gave him rest after a long emotional stress and a huge expenditure of energy; moreover, they, as if by chance, left in his memory those fleeting, subtle impressions that could inspire genius unconsciously wandering in some mysterious ways. But in the hours when he longed to drink the cup of fun to the bottom, unfortunately, nothing — neither the arguments of reason, nor the sense of duty, nor the instinct of self-preservation, nor even the care of the house — could stop him. Both in pleasures and in creativity, Mozart knew neither restraint nor measure. He usually devoted part of the night to composition. In the morning, often still lying in bed, he processed what was written overnight. Then, from ten, on foot or in a carriage sent after him, he went to lessons, which, as a rule, took away from him even a few afternoon hours.