America can well expect to develop a goodly amount of composers for she has a goodly number of people.
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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
Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains.
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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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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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I can almost always write music; at any hour of the twenty-four, if I put pencil to paper, music comes.
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