Bach Quotes
137 quotes by 112 authors
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That's why it's called Sebastian Bach. I mean, it's a permanent band, pretty much, but if I jam with other people, it just makes a…
— Sebastian Bach
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It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are…
— Karl Barth
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If Beethoven and Bach hooked up with Mozart and made a band, they could be a distant runner up to The D.
— Jack Black
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When you hear Bach or Mozart, you hear perfection. Remember that Bach, Mozart and Beethoven were great improvisers. I can hear that in their music.
— Dave Brubeck
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On Saturday afternoons when all the things are done in the house and there's no real work to be done, I play Bach and Chopin…
— Maya Angelou
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And I believe that the Binomial Theorem and a Bach Fugue are, in the long run, more important than all the battles of history.
— James Hilton
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Jesus never heard of Beethoven and Bach. Why aren't we playing more country music in church ?
— Tex Sample
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Science would not be what it is if there had not been a Galileo, a Newton or a Lavoisier, any more than music would be…
— Norman Robert Campbell
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Never hesitate to imitate another writer. Imitation is part of the creative process for anyone learning an art or a craft. Bach and Picasso didn't…
— William Zinsser
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The author's conviction on this day of New Year is that music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance; that poetry…
— Ezra Pound
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I would rather play Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve.
— Xavier Cugat
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The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach and Mozart settled…
— Ernest Newman
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Not all musicians believe in god but they all believe in Bach
— Mauricio Kagel
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But it wasn't just a technical approach towards the piano, studying the music for this film was also a way of approaching the soul of…
— Isabelle Huppert
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I'm too busy playing. When I'm playing I don't pay attention to who's listening. When I was listening I listened to symphony orchestras, Beethoven, Bach,…
— Charles Mingus
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Bach is how buildings got taller. It's how we got to the moon.
— Charles Mingus
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Bach was a top harmonist geezer, which is why the jazz cats love him.
— Nigel Kennedy
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When the artist is truly the servant of the work, the work is better than the artist; Shakespeare knew how to listen to his work,…
— Madeleine L'Engle
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If there is anyone who owes everything to Bach, it is certainly God.
— Emile M. Cioran
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Soccer isn't the same as Bach or Buddhism. But it is often more deeply felt than religion, and just as much a part of the…
— Franklin Foer
Who Wrote These Bach Quotes
112 authors contributed a total of 137 Bach Quotes, led by these top contributors: