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I can almost always write music; at any hour of the twenty-four, if I put pencil to paper, music comes.

~John Philip Sousa

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There is much modern music that is better adapted to a wind combination than to a string, although for obvious reasons originally scored for an orchestra. If in such cases the interpretation is equal to the composition the balance of a wind combination is more satisfying.

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Anybody can write music of a sort. But touching the public heart is quite another thing.

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I am happy now, to recall that I was not only his son but his companion, and whenever there was a hunting expedition or any other pleasure, I was always with him.

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Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains.

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There is one thing that freezes a musician more than the deadliest physical cold, and that is the spiritual chill of an unresponsive audience!

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Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment to the development of true artistic genius.

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Remember always that the composer's pen is still mightier than the bow of the violinist; in you lie all the possibilities of the creation of beauty.

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From childhood I was passionately fond of music and wanted to be a musician. I have no recollection of any real desire ever to be anything else.

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I think that the quality of all bands is steadily improving and it is a pleasant thought to me that perhaps the efforts of Sousa's Band have quickened that interest and improved that quality.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: November 6th, 1854

Died: March 6th, 1932

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