In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love

It's one of nature's ways that we often feel closer to distant generations than to the generation immediately preceding us

I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent I should have been more suited for the life of a small Bach, living in anonymity and composing regularly for an established service and for God

The Church knew what the psalmist knew Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration it is the Church's greatest ornament

Just as appetite comes from eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning