Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.

Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.

The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of it later when he suddenly knows what he will do.

The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.

I cannot now evaluate the events that, at the end of those thirty years, made me discover the necessity of religious belief. I was not reasoned into my disposition. Though I admire the structured thought of theology, it is to religion no more than counterpoint exercises are to music.

What force is more potent than love?

To be deprived of art and left alone with philosophy is to be close to Hell.