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> [What is scurrilously called ragtime is an invention that is here to stay. That is now conceded by all classes of musicians... All publication s masquerading under the name of ragtime are not the genuine article... That real ragtime of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-joplin/what-is-scurrilously-called-ragtime-is-an-invention-that-is-here-to/)

[Scott Joplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-joplin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75c/scott-joplin-41831_articles_what-is-scurrilously-called-ragtime-is-a_409791.jpg)

> [Syncopations are no indication of light or trashy music, and to shy bricks at 'hateful ragtime' no longer passes for musical culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-joplin/syncopations-are-no-indication-of-light-or-trashy-music-and-to-shy/)

[Scott Joplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-joplin/)

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## More by Scott Joplin

> [Let me see you do the 'rag time dance'... Turn left and do the 'Cake walk prance'... Turn the other way and do the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-joplin/let-me-see-you-do-the-rag-time-dance-turn-left-and-do-the-cake-walk/)

[Scott Joplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-joplin/)

> [What is scurrilously called ragtime is an invention that is here to stay. That is now conceded by all classes of musicians... All publication…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-joplin/what-is-scurrilously-called-ragtime-is-an-invention-that-is-here-to/)

[Scott Joplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-joplin/)

> [Marching onward, marching onward Marching to that lovely tune Marching onward, marching onward Happy as a bird in June Sliding onward, sliding onward Listen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-joplin/marching-onward-marching-onward-marching-to-that-lovely-tune-marching/)

[Scott Joplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-joplin/)

> [Syncopations are no indication of light or trashy music, and to shy bricks at 'hateful ragtime' no longer passes for musical culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-joplin/syncopations-are-no-indication-of-light-or-trashy-music-and-to-shy/)

[Scott Joplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-joplin/)

> [One day the 'Maple Leaf' will make me King of Ragtime Composers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-joplin/one-day-the-maple-leaf-will-make-me-king-of-ragtime-composers/)

[Scott Joplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-joplin/)

> [It is never right to play ragtime fast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-joplin/it-is-never-right-to-play-ragtime-fast/)

[Scott Joplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-joplin/)

> [Don t play this piece fast. It is never right to play ragtime fast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-joplin/don-t-play-this-piece-fast-it-is-never-right-to-play-ragtime-fast/)

[Scott Joplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-joplin/)

> [Because it has such a ragged movement. It suggests something like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-joplin/because-it-has-such-a-ragged-movement-it-suggests-something-like-that/)

[Scott Joplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-joplin/)

> [Panic in Wall Street, brokers feeling melancholy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-joplin/panic-in-wall-street-brokers-feeling-melancholy/)

[Scott Joplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-joplin/)

> [When I'm dead twenty-five years, people are going to begin to recognize me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-joplin/when-i-m-dead-twenty-five-years-people-are-going-to-begin-to/)

[Scott Joplin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-joplin/)

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