--- title: "7 Scott Joplin Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Scott Joplin quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Scott Joplin sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/wadada-leo-smith-24902_creative_jazz-infers-a-style-but-creative-music-h_207146.jpg" --- > [Jazz infers a style, but creative music has a wider field and wider specification about it. We know it from people like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wadada-leo-smith/jazz-infers-a-style-but-creative-music-has-a-wider-field-and-wider/) [Wadada Leo Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wadada-leo-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/wadada-leo-smith-24902_creative_jazz-infers-a-style-but-creative-music-h_207146.jpg) > [Before I start, I create a set list that I listen to while I'm writing. For 'Intimate Apparel,' I loaded Erik Satie,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/before-i-start-i-create-a-set-list-that-i-listen-to-while-i-m-writing/) [Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad0/lynn-nottage-4259_american_before-i-start-i-create-a-set-list-that_245600.png) > [In this country, particularly, actually in times that are difficult, or from corners of America where you least expect it, unbelievable pure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baz-luhrmann/in-this-country-particularly-actually-in-times-that-are-difficult-or/) [Baz Luhrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baz-luhrmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/baz-luhrmann-9770_america_in-this-country-particularly-actually-in_1171100.jpg) > [Unbelievably, I was to have an encounter with Mel Smith when he came to my school to watch 'The Scott Joplin Revue'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omid-djalili/unbelievably-i-was-to-have-an-encounter-with-mel-smith-when-he-came/) [Omid Djalili](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omid-djalili/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c2/omid-djalili-11543_never_unbelievably-i-was-to-have-an-encounter_1475024.jpg) > [“We do it because we care. We care that Vincent Van Gogh mutilated his ear. We care that behind a pile of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/we-do-it-because-we-care-we-care-that-vincent-van-gogh-mutilated-his/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aee/alice-walker-347_artists_we-do-it-because-we-care-we-care-that-vi_1879538.jpg) > [“Germany was being run by a loudmouthed rabble-rouser, bent on baiting other nations to war and making life miserable for countless innocent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-shattuck/germany-was-being-run-by-a-loudmouthed-rabble-rouser-bent-on-baiting/) [Jessica Shattuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-shattuck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87b/jessica-shattuck-23206_drinking-champagne_germany-was-being-run-by-a-loudmouthed-r_2383930.jpg) > [My end goal in the piano is to play Scott Joplin's 'Maple Leaf Rag.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-leek/my-end-goal-in-the-piano-is-to-play-scott-joplin-s-maple-leaf-rag/) [Miranda Leek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-leek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eab/miranda-leek-40648_ends_my-end-goal-in-the-piano-is-to-play-scot_3205275.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/scott-joplin/#itemlist", "name": "Scott Joplin Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Jazz infers a style, but creative music has a wider field and wider specification about it. 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