Quotes by John Philip Sousa

America can well expect to develop a goodly amount of composers for she has a...

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

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There is one thing that freezes a musician more than the deadliest physical cold, and...

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There is much modern music that is better adapted to a wind combination than to...

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

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The movements which I make I cannot possibly repress because, at the time, I am...

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

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Sincere composers believe in God.

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

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

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

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My religion lies in my composition.

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