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.

Recommend to your children to be virtuous, only the virtue can bring us happiness, not the money.

Handel is the greatest composer that ever lived... I would uncover my head and kneel down on his tomb.

In the world of art, as in the whole of creation, freedom and progress are the main objectives.

It is my wish that you may have at better and freer life than I have had. Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience; this was what upheld me in time of misery.

This is not a brook [Bach means "brook" in German], it's an ocean.

What I have in my heart and soul - must find a way out. That's the reason for music.