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

Quote by John Philip Sousa

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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...

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...

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...

The office of President is a great one; to every true American it seems the...

The office of President is a great one; to every true American it seems the...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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;...

My religion lies in my composition.

My religion lies in my composition.

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.

Sincere composers believe in God.

Sincere composers believe in God.

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...

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....

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...