You become what the composer asks you to become.
Bach's music is really some of the greatest. I think, in some ways, Bach is the most profound composer of all.
I write arrangements. Im sort of a wannabe composer.
I happen to love Saint-Saens in general. I think he's a brilliant composer and sometimes underrated in a way because people like to pass him off as fluffy and not being serious.
In a way, the highest praise you could give to a composer like Bach was to take and make your own arrangement; it was sort of an homage to that composer and to his work, so it wasn't considered sacrilegious to do something like that.