Anybody can write music of a sort. But touching the public heart is quite another thing. — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
I can almost always write music; at any hour of the twenty-four, if I put pencil to paper, music comes. — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
“Jazz will endure as long as people hear it through their feet instead of their brains ” — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
Composers are the only people who can hear good music above bad sounds. — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
The average music-lover hears only the production under prevailing conditions. — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
To the average mind popular music would mean compositions vulgarly conceived and commonplace in their treatment. That is absolutely false. — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
Grand opera is the most powerful of stage appeals and that almost entirely through the beauty of music. — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
I forsee a marked deterioration in American musicand a host of other injuries to music in its artistic manifestations, by virtue—or rather… — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
There is much modern music that is better adapted to a wind combination than to a string, although for obvious reasons originally… — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
There is one thing that freezes a musician more than the deadliest physical cold, and that is the spiritual chill of an… — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that we have more latent musical talent in America than there is in any other country. But to dig… — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
Is it not the business of the conductor to convey to the public in its dramatic form the central idea of a… — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
From childhood I was passionately fond of music and wanted to be a musician. I have no recollection of any real desire… — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
I am happy now, to recall that I was no only his son but his companion, and whenever there was a hunting expedition or… — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
Dance as though know one is watching Love as though you've never been hurt Sing as though no one can hear you Live as… — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
“Nations will seldom obtain good national anthems by offering prizes for them. The man and the occasion must meet.” — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
Grand opera is the most powerful of stage appeals and that almost entirely through the beauty of music. — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
I think that the quality of all bands is steadily improving and it is a pleasant thought to me that perhaps the efforts of… — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment… — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that we have more latent musical talent in America than there is in any other country. But to dig it out… — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
To the average mind popular music would mean compositions vulgarly conceived and commonplace in their treatment. That is absolutely false. — John Philip Sousa Copy Share Image
