To the average mind popular music would mean compositions vulgarly conceived and commonplace in their treatment. That is absolutely false.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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;...

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 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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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....