List of Johann Sebastian Bach Quotes

My Present Post Amounts To About 700 Thaler, And When There Are Rather More Funerals Than Usual, The Fees Rise In Proportion; But When A Healthy Wind Blows, They Fall Accordingly.

My Masters Are Strange Folk With Very Little Care For Music In Them.

A Composition On The Piano

On One Of Those Rare Occasions When Bach Appraised His Own Life's Work, He Remarked: I Worked Hard.

I Was Made To Work. If You Are Equally Industrious, You Will Be Equally Successful.

I Have Always Kept One End In View, Namely ... To Conduct A Well-regulated Church Music To The Honour Of God.

It Cannot Remain Unmentioned That So Many Poorly Equipped Boys, And Boys Who Have No Talent At All For Music, Have Been Accepted Into The School To Date That The Quality Of Music Has Necessarily Declined And Deteriorated. And Those Who Do Bring A Few Precepts With Them When They Come To School Are Not Ready To Be Used Immediately.

What I Have Achieved By Industry And Practice, Anyone Else With Tolerable Natural Gift And Ability Can Also Achieve.

The Most Stupendous Miracle In All Music.

God's Gift To His Sorrowing Creatures Is A Joy Worthy Of Their Destiny.

On Land, On Sea, At Home Abroad, I Smoke My Pipe And Worship God.

Bring Me Coffee Before I Turn Into A Goat!

I Worked Hard. Anyone Who Works As Hard As I Did Can Achieve The Same Results. The Final Aim And Reason Of All Music Is Nothing Other Than The Glorification Of God And The Refreshment Of The Spirit.

I Was Obliged To Be Industrious. Whoever Is Equally Industrious Will Succeed Equally Well.

You Just Have To Press The Right Keys And The Right Pedals At The Right Time And The Music Plays Itself.

Music Is An Agreeable Harmony For The Honor Of God And The Permissible Delights Of The Soul.

Ah! How Sweet Coffee Tastes! Lovelier Than A Thousand Kisses, Sweeter Far Than Muscatel Wine!

If I Decide To Be An Idiot, Then I'll Be An Idiot On My Own Accord.

Harmony Is Next To Godliness

Where There Is Devotional Music, God Is Always At Hand With His Gracious Presence.

Music's Only Purpose Should Be For The Glory Of God And The Recreation Of The Human Spirit.

Old Concept: Love Is Blind. Marriage Is An Eye Opener. New Concept: Love Is Not Blind - It Simply Enables One To See Things Others Fail To See.

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.

I Worked Hard. Anyone Who Works As Hard As I Did Can Achieve The Same Results.