Correcting Quote by Frederic Chopin

Perhaps the most serious complaint you could make about Bach is that he has every quality of humanity except imperfection.

— Jeremy Denk

“Oh well,' said Jack: and then, 'Did you ever meet Bach?' 'Which Bach?' 'London Bach.' 'Not I.' 'I did. He wrote some pieces for…

— Patrick O'Brian

“Mistakes are works of art. You don’t need to create your own, study the masterpieces others left behind, be inspired, and learn.”

— Marion Bekoe

There are three Bachs. Johann, Sebastian and Offen.

— Victor Borge

If we make mistakes in our first compositions and do not know them, we may not amend them.

— Leonardo da Vinci

“BACH! A colossal syllable, one which makes composers tremble, brings performers to their knees, beatifies the Bach-lover, and apparently bores the daylights out of…

— Paul Elie

“Emperor Joseph II: My dear young man, don't take it too hard. Your work is ingenious. It's quality work. And there are simply too…

— Peter Shaffer

If all the music written since Bach's time should be lost, it could be reconstructed on the foundation which Bach laid.

— Charles Gounod

Bach is Bach just as God is God.

— Hector Berlioz

Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it may appear,…

— Pablo Casals

I'm a nut for Bach as a composer.

— Nina Simone

Even if someone thinks there's a mistake I've made on the piano, to me it's not a mistake; it's how it's meant to be.

— Benjamin Clementine