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Scott Joplin
8 quotes
“That’s who I am. I don’t look much like him now with my foot wrapped up and all that kind of business.”
Scott Joplin (1867–1917) said by 1917 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: When asked by Joseph Lamb if he was Scott Joplin, as quoted in "The Day Joseph Lamb Met Scott Joplin" (2 January 2016), by Doug Hanvey, Music Appreciation & Analysis, Oregon: Portland Piano Lab
“Boy, when I'm dead twenty-five years, people are going to begin to recognize me.”
Scott Joplin (1867–1917) said by 1917 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and His Era (1996), by Edward A. Berlin, p. 3
“Syncopations are no indication of light or trashy music, and to shy bricks at "hateful ragtime" no longer passes for musical culture.”
Scott Joplin (1867–1917) said by 1917 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and His Era (1996), by Edward A. Berlin, p. 196
“What is scurrilously called ragtime is an invention that is here to stay. That is now conceded by all classes of musicians.”
Scott Joplin (1867–1917) said by 1917 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Never play ragtime fast at any time.”
Scott Joplin (1867–1917) said by 1917 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Panic in Wall Street, brokers feeling melancholy.”
Scott Joplin (1867–1917) said by 1917 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Good times coming. Good times have come.”
Scott Joplin (1867–1917) said by 1917 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Listening to the strains of genuine negro ragtime, brokers forget their cares.”
Scott Joplin (1867–1917) said by 1917 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source