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.

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

Bring me coffee before I turn into a goat!

I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music.

I worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did can achieve the same results.

On land, on sea, at home abroad, I smoke my pipe and worship God.