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  4. Engelbert Humperdinck
  5. At first I thought I should be a second Beethoven;...

At first I thought I should be a second Beethoven; presently I found that to be another Schubert would be good; then gradually, satisfied with less and less, I resigned to be a Humperdinck.

Engelbert Humperdinck
Self Esteem, Firsts, Would Be
At first I thought I should be a second Beethoven; presently I found that to be another Schubert would be good; then gradually, satisfied with less and less, I resigned to be a Humperdinck.