Martin Luther Quotes

[Our] plan is to follow the example of the prophets and the ancient fathers of the church, and to compose psalms...so that the Word of God may be among the people also in the form of music.

I come from the performance world, but the idea of a worship song is different. It's useful music.

For two thousand years, the Church has guided the development of music, carefully legislating to fuse artistic talent and aesthetic beauty with the demands of the Faith.

Some of the greatest sermons that have ever been preached were preached by the singing of a song.

Next to theology I give to music the highest place and honor. And we see how David and all the saints have wrought their godly thoughts into verse, rhyme, and song.

I'm fortunate in that I've grown up in a worshipping tradition which is quite rich musically (and music is very important to me) and has a wonderful resource of hymns from all sorts of different parts of the Church... and to go to church and be able to sing that stuff and listen to a Bach motet or indeed some charismatic choruses.

Music, among those who were styled the chosen people, was a religious art.

As some to Church repair, not for the doctrine, but the music there.

Without music, life would be an error. The German imagines even God singing songs

The most consistent musical experience I had growing up was church music.

Music had always been the handmaid of the Roman liturgy.

The first choral music I remember hearing was Handel's 'Messiah' when the Mormon Tabernacle Choir broadcast it over the radio.

I find most 'sacred music' pretty dismal.

Ironically, we live in times that are awash in authentic sacred music.

There is no dogma that the organ or harmonium can be used in church, but not the drum.

Gospel music allows us to become closer to God and closer to each other.

But I do think that we approach music, in of itself, with a religious attitude.

Thus the slogan should be reversed: Catholics taught the world what music is supposed to sound like, and, more importantly, what it is supposed to mean.

I listen to Bach a great deal. In general I like to listen to hymns and liturgical music.

I have been singing gospel music since I was four years old.

Like all music, the figured bass should have no other end and aim than the glory of God and the recreation of the soul; where this is not kept in mind there is no true music, but only an infernal clamour and ranting.

But I feel music has a very important role in ritual activity, and that being able to join in musical activity, along with dancing, could have been necessary at a very early stage of human culture.

I have a choir in my church, and we travel all over the world.

I used to think God only liked organ music.

Music was brought up in the church.