to bach, himself, the person. and so i put that down on the bottom of my music, not to slap anyone in the face with it, but to remind myself as much as anything that this is not mine, this is something that i believe that the lord has given. it’s not something for me to hold in anybody’s face and say “look what i did” because, honestly, as a composer, when you’re looking at a blank piece of staff paper and there’s nothing on it, there’s a feeling of terror that fills your heart and you say, “i’m not sure what i’m going to write.” and i know i 