I am happy now, to recall that I was not only his son but his companion, and whenever there was a hunting expedition or any other pleasure, I was always with him.

Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself.

Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains.

A band is only as good as its euphonium section.

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

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.

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