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

Quote by John Philip Sousa

Topics: Jazz Quotes

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...

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.

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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...

My religion lies in my composition.

My religion lies in my composition.

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...

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...

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

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

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 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...

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

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

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....

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...