Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.

I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well.

Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.

Ceaseless work, analysis, reflection, writing much, endless self-correction, that is my secret.

You just have to press the right keys and the right pedals at the right time and the music plays itself.

It cannot remain unmentioned that so many poorly equipped boys, and boys who have no talent at all for music, have been accepted into the school to date that the quality of music has necessarily declined and deteriorated. And those who do bring a few precepts with them when they come to school are not ready to be used immediately.

I worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did can achieve the same results. The final aim and reason of all music is nothing other than the glorification of God and the refreshment of the spirit.