Let me see you do the 'rag time dance'... Turn left and do the 'Cake walk prance'... Turn the other way and do the… — Scott Joplin Copy Share Image
What is scurrilously called ragtime is an invention that is here to stay. That is now conceded by all classes of musicians... All publication… — Scott Joplin Copy Share Image
Marching onward, marching onward Marching to that lovely tune Marching onward, marching onward Happy as a bird in June Sliding onward, sliding onward Listen… — Scott Joplin Copy Share Image
Syncopations are no indication of light or trashy music, and to shy bricks at 'hateful ragtime' no longer passes for musical culture. — Scott Joplin Copy Share Image
Because it has such a ragged movement. It suggests something like that. — Scott Joplin Copy Share Image
When I'm dead twenty-five years, people are going to begin to recognize me. — Scott Joplin Copy Share Image
