The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.

Melody is the essence of music. I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counterpoints to hack post-horses.

When I feel well and in a good humour, or when I am taking a drive or walking after a good meal, or in the night when I cannot sleep, thoughts crowd into my mind as easily as my mind might wish.

Music is my life and my life is music. Anyone who does not understand this is not worthy of God.

A bachelor, in my opinion, is only half alive.

Handel understands effect better than any of us -- when he chooses, he strikes like a thunderbolt.

The wonders of the music of the future will be of a higher & wider scale and will introduce many sounds that the human ear is now incapable of hearing. Among these new sounds will be the glorious music of angelic chorales. As men hear these they will cease to consider Angels as figments of their imagination.