I still feel the impulse to give young writers a hearing, and I believe I have played more unpublished compositions than any other band leader in the country.

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

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

America can well expect to develop a goodly amount of composers for she has a goodly number of people.

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

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