From childhood I was passionately fond of music and wanted to be a musician. I have no recollection of any real desire ever to be anything else.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

I had found English audiences highly satisfactory. They are the best listeners in the world....

I had found English audiences highly satisfactory. They are the best listeners in the world....

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

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

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...

My religion lies in my composition.

My religion lies in my composition.

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 success is not due to any personal superiority over other people.

My success is not due to any personal superiority over other people.

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...

American teachers have one indisputable advantage over foreign ones; they understand the American temperament and...

American teachers have one indisputable advantage over foreign ones; they understand the American temperament and...

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...

Sincere composers believe in God.

Sincere composers believe in God.

Is it not the business of the conductor to convey to the public in its...

Is it not the business of the conductor to convey to the public in its...

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...

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...