Rossini would have been a great composer if his teacher had spanked him enough on his backside.

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

Then let us all do what is right, strive with all our might toward the unattainable, develop as fully as we can the gifts God has given us, and never stop learning

When I open my eyes I must sigh, for what I see is contrary to my religion, and I must despise the world which does not know that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Wherever you are, I am there also.

He who understand my music will remain free from the miseries that the other men are dragging with them .

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.