If I decide to be an idiot, ...

If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord.
 Johann Sebastian Bach

Quotes from the same author

What I have achieved by industry and practice, anyone else with tolerable natural gift and ability can also achieve.
 Johann Sebastian Bach
I was made to work. If you are equally industrious, you will be equally successful.
 Johann Sebastian Bach
It cannot remain unmentioned that so many poorly equipped boys, and boys who have no talent at all for music, have been accepted into the school to date that the quality of music has necessarily declined and deteriorated. And those who do bring a few precepts with them when they come to school are not ready to be used immediately.
 Johann Sebastian Bach
I worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did can achieve the same results. The final aim and reason of all music is nothing other than the glorification of God and the refreshment of the spirit.
 Johann Sebastian Bach
It is the special province of music to move the heart.
 Johann Sebastian Bach