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

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.

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.

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

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

I still feel the impulse to give young writers a hearing, and I believe I have played more unpublished compositions than any other band leader in the country.