My masters are strange folk with very little care for music in them.
On land, on sea, at home abroad, I smoke my pipe and worship God.
Bring me coffee before I turn into a goat!
What I have achieved by industry and practice, anyone else with tolerable natural gift and ability can also achieve.
I have always kept one end in view, namely ... to conduct a well-regulated church music to the honour of God.
Old concept: Love is blind. Marriage is an eye opener. New concept: Love is not blind - it simply enables one to see things others fail to see.