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

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

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.

Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment to the development of true artistic genius.

American teachers have one indisputable advantage over foreign ones; they understand the American temperament and can judge its unevenness, its lights and its shadows.

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

A band is only as good as its euphonium section.