If I decide to be an idiot, then I’ll be an idiot on my own accord.
Johann Sebastian Bach

Harmony is next to Godliness
Johann Sebastian Bach

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.
Johann Sebastian Bach

I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed . . . equally well.
Johann Sebastian Bach

I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed . . . equally well.
Johann Sebastian Bach

God's gift to his sorrowing creatures is a joy worthy of their destiny.
Johann Sebastian Bach

Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.
Johann Sebastian Bach

I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music.
Johann Sebastian Bach