39 Quotes by Johann Sebastian Bach

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Harmony is next to Godliness.

On one of those rare occasions when Bach appraised his own life’s work, he remarked: I worked hard.