Let me see you do the 'rag time dance'... Turn left and do the 'Cake walk prance'... Turn the other way and do the 'Slow drag'... Now take your lady to the world's fair (...) And do the 'rag time… — Scott Joplin Copy Share Image
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