Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

“What is the good of taste if it is not accompanied by thought? And what is the good of thought if it is not accompanied by taste?”

“A musician cannot move others unless he too is moved.”

“Play from the soul, not like a trained bird!”

“The revealing of a person's thoughts and feelings through the medium of pure instrumental music is the special and exclusive province of the keyboard.”

“Since a musician cannot move others unless he is moved himself, he must of necessity feel all the affects that he hopes to arouse in his audience... he gives way to each affect and is continuously changing.”