Whenever Bache was asked about finances for the concerts, he would tell whoever was asking that the cost was "a just recompense" and add that even if Liszt had charged him for his lessons at the same rate as the average village piano teacher, he would still be deeply in his debt.
Sempre que se lle preguntaba a Bache sobre os recursos financeiros para os concertos, contestaba que o custo era «unha xusta recompensa» e engadía que mesmo se Liszt tivéralle cobrado polas súas leccións na mesma proporción que un profesor de piano medio, aínda seguiría profundamente en débeda con el.