Händel ist der Größte und Fähigste aller Komponisten; von ihm kann ich immer noch lernen.

Händel is the unrivalled master of all masters. Go and learn from him how to achieve vast effects with simple means.

Händel is the greatest composer that ever lived. I would uncover my head and kneel on his grave.

Händel ist der größte Komponist, der je lebte. Ich würde meine Kopfbedeckung abnehmen und auf seinem Grab knien.

Handel is so great and so simple that no one but a professional musician is unable to understand him.

Händel ist der unerreichte Meister aller Meister. Gehen Sie und lernen Sie von ihm, wie gewaltige Wirkungen mit einfachen Mitteln zu erreichen ist.

Before God and as an honest man I tell you that your son is the greatest composer known to me either in person or by name: He has taste, and, furthermore, the most profound knowledge of composition.

I repeat what I said to you back in Russia: you are, in my opinion, the greatest composer of our time.

I truly enjoy working with other composers. You can learn a lot from each other and it's always amazing to see what the other composer comes up with.

His range is so Handelian that he can give the people a universal melody or march with as sure a hand as he can give the Philharmonic Society a symphonic adagio, such as has not been given since Beethoven died.

I am a composer first and foremost, and have always believed that being able to write memorable melodies is what sets musicians apart.

Ich sage ihnen vor Gott, als ein ehrlicher Mann, ihr Sohn ist der größte Componist, den ich von Person und den Nahmen nach kenne: er hat geschmack, und über das die größte Compositionswissenschaft.

Many of the greatest creations of man have been inspired by the desire to make money. When George Frederick Handel was on his beam ends, he shut himself up for twenty-one days and emerged with the complete score of Messiah – and hit the jackpot. Few of the themes of Messiah were original; Handel dredged them up from his unconscious, where they had been stored since he heard them in other composers’ work, or since he had composed them for his own forgotten operas.

I am fortunate to have worked with him and to have known him for so many years, and with no hesitation, I can say that there is absolutely no one with that passion for music and of course, films. He is an encyclopaedia of Indian music. So when we are in the studio, I just follow him like a student. He is as brilliant a composer as he is a director-producer.