Famous quotes containing the words american and/or composer:
“The American people are doing their job today. They should be given a chance to show whether they wish to preserve the principles of individual and local responsibility and mutual self-help before they embark on what I believe to be a disastrous system. I feel sure they will succeed if given the opportunity.”
—Herbert Hoover (1874–1964)
“A nation creates music—the composer only arranges it.”
—Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857)