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.
– John Philip Sousa
My religion lies in my composition.
– John Philip Sousa
I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher.
– John Philip Sousa
I had found English audiences highly satisfactory. They are the best listeners in the world. Perhaps the music-lovers of some of our larger cities equal the English, but I do not believe they can be surpassed in that respect.
– John Philip Sousa
Grand opera is the most powerful of stage appeals and that almost entirely through the beauty of music.
– John Philip Sousa
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.