You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.

It is my belief one should not belittle the artist; while, however glorious his fame may seem, his time on Mount Olympus as an honourable guest of Zeus is short. It's a pity, but all too eager will the common folk drag him from this etherial heights to the low and trodden earth.

A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.

There is no loftier mission than to approach the Divinity nearer than other men, and to disseminate the divine rays among mankind.

There is no greater pleasure for me than to practice and exhibit my art.

The vibrations on the air are the breath of God speaking to man's soul. Music is the language of God. We musicians are as close to God as man can be. We hear his voice, we read his lips, we give birth to the children of God, who sing his praise. That's what musicians are.