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John Philip Sousa

"To the average mind popular music would mean compositions vulgarly conceived and commonplace in their treatment. That is absolutely false."

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"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."
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"To the average mind popular music would mean compositions vulgarly conceived and commonplace in their treatment. That is absolutely false."
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