Quotes by John Philip Sousa

John Philip Sousa

A band is only as good as its euphonium section.

Band

Sections

America can well expect to develop a goodly amount of composers for she has a goodly number of people.

America

Numbers

People

American teachers have one indisputable advantage over foreign ones; they understand the American temperament and can judge its unevenness, its lights and its shadows.

Judging

Light

Teacher

Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself.

Believe

Conscious

Inspiration

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

Heart

Music

Writing

Composers are the only people who can hear good music above bad sounds.

Composer

People

Sound

Dance as though no one is watching. Love as though you’ve never been hurt. Sing as though no one can hear you. Live as though heaven is on earth.

Inspirational

Life

Love

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.

Childhood

Desire

Real

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.

Development

Genius

Routine

Grand opera is the most powerful of stage appeals and that almost entirely through the beauty of music.

Beauty

Opera

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Quotes by John Philip Sousa

John Philip Sousa

A band is only as good as its euphonium section.

America can well expect to develop a goodly amount of composers for she has a goodly number of people.

American teachers have one indisputable advantage over foreign ones; they understand the American temperament and can judge its unevenness, its lights and its shadows.

Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself.

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

Composers are the only people who can hear good music above bad sounds.

Dance as though no one is watching. Love as though you’ve never been hurt. Sing as though no one can hear you. Live as though heaven is on earth.

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.

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.

Grand opera is the most powerful of stage appeals and that almost entirely through the beauty of music.

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