George Frideric Handel

I have always been a man of virtue.

I have always been a man of piety.

I have always been a man of devotion.

I have always been a man of faith.

I have always been a man of hope.

I have always been a man of love.

I have always been a man of joy.

I have always been a man of patience.

Whether I was in my body or out of my body as I wrote it I know not. God knows.

I did think I did see all Heaven before me, and the great God Himself.

There is nothing in art that is not first in nature.

Music is the harmony of the soul.

The passion of youth is the fire that forges the master's hand.

In solitude, the composer hears the voice of the divine.

England has given me a home, and I repay with melody.

Oratorios are the soul's elevation through sound.

I have labored hard to make my music speak to the heart.

Genius is the power to labor better and more availably.

From my youth, music has been my guiding star.

The public taste is ever changing, but truth in music endures.