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.

I think that the quality of all bands is steadily improving and it is a pleasant thought to me that perhaps the efforts of Sousa’s Band have quickened that interest and improved that quality.

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 the multiplication of the various music-reproducing machines.

I have always believed that 98% of a student’s progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher.

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

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.

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

A band is only as good as its euphonium section.

Sincere composers believe in God.

My religion lies in my composition.