The guitar is an orchestra in itself.

I love a tree more than a man.

Händel is the greatest and ablest of all composers; from him I can still learn.

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.

Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.

I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor. What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason why I compose.

There is no loftier mission than to approach the Godhead more nearly than other mortals, and by means of that contact to spread the rays of the Godhead through the human race.