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.
More Quotes from John Philip Sousa:
I still feel the impulse to give young writers a hearing, and I believe I have played more unpublished compositions than any other band leader in the country.John Philip Sousa
Grand opera is the most powerful of stage appeals and that almost entirely through the beauty of music.
John Philip Sousa
Anybody can write music of a sort. But touching the public heart is quite another thing.
John Philip Sousa
No nation as young as America can be expected to become immediately a power in the arts.
John Philip Sousa
The average music-lover hears only the production under prevailing conditions.
John Philip Sousa
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.
John Philip Sousa
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Efforts Quotes, Quality QuotesBased on Keywords: quickened
The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.
C. Northcote Parkinson
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.
Tony Robbins
To love the one who loves you, To admire the one who admires you, In a word, to be the idol of one's idol, Is exceeding the limit of human joy; It is stealing fire from heaven.
Delphine de Girardin