Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains.
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Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself.John Philip Sousa
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.
John Philip Sousa
My success is not due to any personal superiority over other people.
John Philip Sousa
Sincere composers believe in God.
John Philip Sousa
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.
John Philip Sousa
Composers are the only people who can hear good music above bad sounds.
John Philip Sousa
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