#com

My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher. ↗

— David Soul

#become #father #follow #footsteps #hero

One of my beliefs is that there are certain institutions within a community which stand for the spirit and heart of that community, there's the church, the local football team, the local pub and the theatre. ↗

— David Soul

#certain #church #community #football #football team

Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

#believe #composer #conscious #gloriously #higher

I like cooking but I don't know much and whenever I enter the kitchen, my mother sends me out! Because whenever I try a dish from a book, it comes out bad. ↗

— Soundarya

#because #book #comes #cooking #dish

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. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

#am #any #companion #expedition #happy

Is it not the business of the conductor to convey to the public in its dramatic form the central idea of a composition; and how can he convey that idea successfully if he does not enter heart and soul into the life of the music and the tale it unfolds? ↗

— John Philip Sousa

#central #composition #conductor #convey #does

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

— John Philip Sousa

#amount #composers #develop #expect #goodly

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

— John Philip Sousa

#bad #composers #good #good music #hear

I still feel the impulse to give young writers a hearing, and I believe I have played more unpublished compositions than any other band leader in the country.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

— John Philip Sousa

#band #band leader #believe #compositions #country

No nation as young as America can be expected to become immediately a power in the arts. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

#arts #become #expected #immediately #nation