My religion lies in my composition..

The vocal cord will be eliminated by a process of evolution, as was the tail of man when he came from the ape..

A band is only as good as its euphonium section..

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

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

I firmly believe that we have more latent musical talent in America than there is in any other country. But to dig it out there must be good music th….

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

I still feel the impulse to give young writers a hearing, and I believe I have played more unpublished compositions than any other band leader in the….

The red and white and starry blue Is freedom's shield and hope..

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 alw….

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

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..

The average music-lover hears only the production under prevailing conditions..

Sincere composers believe in God..

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..

To the average mind popular music would mean compositions vulgarly conceived and commonplace in their treatment. That is absolutely false..

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..

You can't drive a Spike with a Tack Hammer.

My success is not due to any personal superiority over other people..

I forsee a marked deterioration in American musicand a host of other injuries to music in its artistic manifestations, by virtue—or rather by vice—of….

Is it not the business of the conductor to convey to the public in its dramatic form the central idea of a composition; and how can he convey that id….