Composers are the only people who can hear good music above bad sounds.

Quote by John Philip Sousa

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Grand opera is the most powerful of stage appeals and that almost entirely through the...

Grand opera is the most powerful of stage appeals and that almost entirely through the...

There is much modern music that is better adapted to a wind combination than to...

There is much modern music that is better adapted to a wind combination than to...

Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he...

Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he...

I am happy now, to recall that I was no only his son but his...

I am happy now, to recall that I was no only his son but his...

There is one thing that freezes a musician more than the deadliest physical cold, and...

There is one thing that freezes a musician more than the deadliest physical cold, and...

I firmly believe that we have more latent musical talent in America than there is...

I firmly believe that we have more latent musical talent in America than there is...

Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their...

Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their...

I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own...

I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own...

Anybody can write music of a sort. But touching the public heart is quite another...

Anybody can write music of a sort. But touching the public heart is quite another...

I still feel the impulse to give young writers a hearing, and I believe I...

I still feel the impulse to give young writers a hearing, and I believe I...

No nation as young as America can be expected to become immediately a power in...

No nation as young as America can be expected to become immediately a power in...

From childhood I was passionately fond of music and wanted to be a musician. I...

From childhood I was passionately fond of music and wanted to be a musician. I...

Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in...

Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in...

I can almost always write music; at any hour of the twenty-four, if I put...

I can almost always write music; at any hour of the twenty-four, if I put...

My religion lies in my composition.

My religion lies in my composition.

The average music-lover hears only the production under prevailing conditions.

The average music-lover hears only the production under prevailing conditions.

America can well expect to develop a goodly amount of composers for she has a...

America can well expect to develop a goodly amount of composers for she has a...

The movements which I make I cannot possibly repress because, at the time, I am...

The movements which I make I cannot possibly repress because, at the time, I am...

Sincere composers believe in God.

Sincere composers believe in God.

I think that the quality of all bands is steadily improving and it is a...

I think that the quality of all bands is steadily improving and it is a...