God first, then papa.

Music is my life and my life is music.

When I am traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep; it is on such occasions that ideas flow best and most abundantly.

Silence is very important. The silence between the notes are as important as the notes themselves.

All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you should show the whole world that you are not afraid. Be silent, if you choose; but when it is necessary, speak—and speak in such a way that people will remember it.

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

I too had to work hard, so as not to have to work hard any longer.