P.D.Q. Bach Quotes

True love stories never have endings.

If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.

Without my morning coffee I'm just like a dried up piece of roast goat.

The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

I worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did can achieve the same results.

Ceaseless work, analysis, reflection, writing much, endless self-correction, that is my secret.

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.

It is the special province of music to move the heart.

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

Overcome space, and all we have left is Here. Overcome time, and all we have left is Now.

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.

Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you'll see the way to fly.

Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence.

He was not bone and feather but a perfect idea of freedom and flight, limited by nothing at all

To fly as fast as thought, to anywhere that is, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived.

Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.

Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.

Music's only purpose should be for the glory of God and the recreation of the human spirit.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.

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

If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord.

Harmony is next to Godliness

The gull sees farthest who flies highest

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.

For most gulls it was not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight.

Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness.

You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way".

You just have to press the right keys and the right pedals at the right time and the music plays itself.

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

You don't love hatred and evil, of course. You have to practice and see the real gull, the good in every one of them, and to help them see it in themselves. That's what I mean by love.

Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck.

Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.

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.

You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.

Ah! How sweet coffee tastes! Lovelier than a thousand kisses, sweeter far than muscatel wine!

On land, on sea, at home abroad, I smoke my pipe and worship God.

No matter how qualified or deserving we are, we will never reach a better life until we can imagine it for ourselves and allow ourselves to have it.

Health depends on being in harmony with our souls

Badminton is not popular in the U.S. because I think the mentality of badminton has to change.

Mistakes - call them unexpected learning experiences.

You teach best what you most need to learn.

There is no true healing unless there is a change in outlook, peace of mind and inner happiness

Time is clay. Go make something.

Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?

Maybe one day I can have a reunion with myself.

A tiny change today brings a dramatically different tomorrow.

Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.

Before you can really start setting financial goals, you need to determine where you stand financially.