30 quotes found
“All roads lead to Bach.”
“Bach is the immortal God of Harmony.”
“I listen to music for emotion and I get zero emotion from rap.”
“To Bach, notes were not just sounds but the very stuff of creation.”
“Dem höchsten Gott allein zu Ehren,Dem Nächsten draus sich zu belehren.”
“God's gift to his sorrowing creatures is a joy worthy of their destiny.”
“Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.”
“It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.”
“The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.”
“Music is a mixed mathematical science that concerns the origens, attributes, and distinctions of sound, out of which a cultivated and lovely melody and harmony are made, so that God is honored and ...”
“What I have achieved by industry and practice, anyone else with tolerable natural gift and ability can also achieve.”
“Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence.”
“Quebec City is the most European of any city in North America; they speak French all the time. There is a part of town called Old Quebec which is really like being in France. The architecture is ju...”
“I'm always working on new songs. With the technology these days, any idiot can record on Pro Tools on your laptop. All you have to do is plug a microphone into the input jack and anybody can have t...”
“I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well.”
“They have had such a crazy life living with me as their dad. Not crazy but different from their friends.”
“Und soll wie aller Musik also auch des Generalbasses Finis und Endursache anders nicht als nur zu Gottes Ehre und Recreation des Gemütes sein. Wo dieses nicht in acht genommen wird, ists keine eige...”
“Bei einer andächtigen Musik ist allezeit Gott mit seiner Gnaden Gegenwart.”
“Not brook, but ocean should be his name (Bach is the German word for brook.)”
“To be able to hear J. S. Bach take a melody and improvise what amounts to a spontaneous composition is the most amazing thing I can think of.”
“My hero was J. S. Bach. It was from his works that I came to understand mathematics and, through a greater understanding of math, came to a greater understanding of Bach—the golden ratio, the rise ...”
