I have always kept one end in view, namely ... to conduct a well-regulated church music to the honour of God.

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.

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.

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.

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.

...a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention...

I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.

The most powerful times in our lives can be the time between times, or life's transitions that give us the opportunity to choose.

Magick may be no more than the willful invocation of awe.

Lots of the bands [in New Orleans] couldn't read too much music. So they used a fiddle to play the lead - a fiddle player could read - and that was to give them some protection.

Chocolate is what I love. I have it every day.

I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds of people, and my schoolwork suffered at one point.

A midnight knock on the door followed by execution is no way a leader should be treated.

My teammates, they keep you focused.

Shrewdness in public life all over the world is always honored, while honesty in public men is generally attributed to dumbness and is seldom rewarded.