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

"Ah! How sweet coffee tastes!"

"I was born too early. I should have been born in a time when music was appreciated more."

"I have to write music every day, or I become ill."

"Cabbage and turnips have driven me away, had my mother cooked meat, I'd have opted to stay."