"The end of all good music is to affect the soul."

"I wish I had been born a century later."

"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."

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

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