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

Quote by John Philip Sousa

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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...

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....

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...

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...

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.

My religion lies in my composition.

My religion lies in my composition.

Remember always that the composer's pen is still mightier than the bow of the violinist;...

Remember always that the composer's pen is still mightier than the bow of the violinist;...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

Sincere composers believe in God.

Sincere composers believe in God.

To the average mind popular music would mean compositions vulgarly conceived and commonplace in their...

To the average mind popular music would mean compositions vulgarly conceived and commonplace in their...

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

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

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 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...

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...