“Grand opera is the most powerful of stage appeals and that almost entirely through the beauty of music.”
— John Philip Sousa
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From childhood I was passionately fond of
“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.”
— John Philip Sousa
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My success is not due to any
“My success is not due to any personal superiority over other people.”
— John Philip Sousa
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My religion lies in my composition.
“My religion lies in my composition.”
— John Philip Sousa
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I had found English audiences highly satisfactory.
“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
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