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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

My religion lies in my composition.

My religion lies in my composition.

Sincere composers believe in God.

Sincere composers believe in God.

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 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 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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...