John Philip Sousa Art Quotations

No nation as young as America can be expected to become immediately a power in the arts.

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 idea successfully if he does not enter heart and soul into the life of the music and the tale it unfolds?

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