Yeah, but that lifted after he penned his 2nd piano concerto.
"Ah, mew, mew, I like that melody! Oh! It's so pretty!"
Rachmaninoff: "Yes, baby, that's what I like to hear! I'm so undepressed now! You know, honey, what they say? Long fingers....long sinews of undue influence on young boys and girls of all ages."
"Ah, mew, mew, I like that melody! Oh! It's so pretty!"
Prokofiev: "Oh? Well eff you too, mfer! I'm making music here, so go and sod off, you ponce. My boy Richter here, he's saying you have a nice piano here. Shame if something happened to it."