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.

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

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

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.

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.

Grand opera is the most powerful of stage appeals and that almost entirely through the beauty of music.

You can't drive a Spike with a Tack Hammer