If only the whole world could feel the power of harmony.
The best way to learn is through the powerful force of rhythm.
I write [music] as a sow piddles.
A bachelor, in my opinion, is only half alive.
True perfection in all things is no longer known or prized - you must write music that is either so simple a coachman could sing it, or so unintelligble that audiences like it simply because no sane person could understand it.
It is a great consolation for me to remember that the Lord, to whom I had drawn near in humble and child-like faith, has suffered and died for me, and that He will look on me in love and compassion.