Johann Sebastian Bach

Cabbage and turnips have driven me away, had my mother cooked meat, I'd have opted to stay.

Without my morning coffee I'm just like a dried up piece of roast goat.

On land, on sea, at home abroad, I smoke my pipe and worship God.

The final aim and reason of all music is nothing other than the glorification of God and the refreshment of the spirit; where this is not remembered there is no real music but only a devilish hubbub.

Ah! How sweet coffee tastes!

The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.

I work hard. If you work hard, you get good results.

The Passions are not merely for listening, but for meditation and spiritual edification.

There's nothing to wonder at, the only thing you have to do is hit the right notes at the right time and the instrument plays itself.

The true purpose of music is the glory of God and the refreshment of the human spirit.

All music should have no other end and aim than the glory of God and the soul's refreshment; where this is not observed, there will be no true music but only devilish hubbub and discord.

The earth has music for those who listen.

I play the notes as they are written.

I studied hard, and whoever is as diligent will be equally successful.

Give me a good bass and I will make a good piece of music.

Music is the harmonious voice of creation; an echo of the invisible world.

I was born to sing, and to praise God with my music.

I have had to work hard. Anyone who works just as hard will get just as far.

The end of all music is the glory of God.

I find that I have to compose every day, otherwise I forget how to do it.