Comforting Quote by Andrew Bird

The music of Bach is so timeless, so fulfilling. You don't feel like you have to be in front of it. The music has…

— Andris Nelsons

If you play Bach every day, you are not so alone.

— Pablo Casals

My teacher was still practicing Bach until his death at 89. I have no doubt that if I live that long, I'll be doing…

— Hilary Hahn

Whenever you study composition you inevitably encounter Bach right off the bat. You can't get across the room without running into him and the…

— Howard Roberts

Bach takes you to a very quiet place within yourself, to the inner core, a place where you are calm and at peace.

— Yo-Yo Ma

I find that Bach is appealing to a lot of different audiences. It really hits people at their core in different ways, but it…

— Hilary Hahn

I see it as my job to try to keep Bach in the mainstream and present his music with, rather than without, its emotional…

— Nigel Kennedy

There is nothing like a Bach fugue to remove me from a discordant moment... only Bach hold up fresh and strong after repeated playing.…

— Edward Weston

“You're the kind of child who might develop a passion for Bach." I told him I hadn't at school. The one Bach piece I…

— Dodie Smith

If you sound great in the practice room, you're practicing the wrong thing. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

— Berthold Auerbach

. .the most crucial ingredient by far for success in music is . . .what happens in the practice room.

— William Westney

I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition.

— Brian May