You can't drive a Spike with a Tack Hammer

There is one thing that freezes a musician more than the deadliest physical cold, and that is the spiritual chill of an unresponsive audience!

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.

From childhood I was passionately fond of music and wanted to be a musician. I have no recollection of any real desire ever to be anything else.

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.

You can't drive a Spike with a Tack Hammer

I still feel the impulse to give young writers a hearing, and I believe I have played more unpublished compositions than any other band leader in the country.