I still feel the impulse to give young writers a hearing, and I believe I have played more unpublished compositions than any other band leader in the country.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

I still feel the impulse to give young writers a hearing, and I believe I have played more unpublished compositions than any other band leader in the country.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

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