“Grand opera is the most powerful of stage appeals and that almost enti...” — John Philip Sousa Quote

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

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.

There is much modern music that is better adapted to a wind combination than to a string, although for obvious reasons originally scored for an orchestra. If in such cases the interpretation is equal to the composition the balance of a wind combination is more satisfying.

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

You gotta do things your own way. You have to find your own path. You have to take what appeals to you and leave all the rest.

For me optimism is two lovers walking into the sunset arm in arm. Or maybe into the sunrise - whatever appeals to you.

There are grander and more sublime landscapes - to me. There are more compelling cultures. But what appeals to me about central Montana is that the combination of landscape and lifestyle is the most compelling I've seen on this earth. Small mountain ranges and open prairie, and different weather, different light, all within a 360-degree view.

I like the English league a lot and every year there is always a lot of excitement so that appeals to me.