Even in poverty I lived like a king for I tell you that nobility is the thing that makes a king

Music is the wine which inspires one to new generative processes, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for mankind and makes them spiritually drunken.

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

In whatsoever manner it be, let me turn to God and become fruitful in good works. Nothing higher exists than to approach God more than other people and from that to extend His glory among humanity.I will place all my confidence in your eternal goodness, O God! My soul shall rejoice in Thee, immutable Being. Be my rock, my light, forever my trust.

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

Don't only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets.

It is the power of music to carry one directly into the mental state of the composer.