Scott Joplin Quotes

1868–1917 United States

Scott Joplin (c. 1867/1868? – April 1, 1917) was an African-American composer and pianist. Joplin achieved fame for his ragtime compositions, and was later titled The King of Ragtime.

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Random Scott Joplin quote

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Syncopations are no indication of light or trashy music, and to shy bricks at "hateful ragtime" no longer passes for musical culture.

What is scurrilously called ragtime is an invention that is here to stay. That is now conceded by all classes of musicians.

School of Ragtime (1908)

Boy, when I'm dead twenty-five years, people are going to begin to recognize me.

Never play ragtime fast at any time.

School of Ragtime (1908)

Listening to the strains of genuine negro ragtime, brokers forget their cares.

Wall Street Rag (1909)

Panic in Wall Street, brokers feeling melancholy.

Wall Street Rag (1909)

Good times coming. Good times have come.

Wall Street Rag (1909)

That’s who I am. I don’t look much like him now with my foot wrapped up and all that kind of business.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Scott Joplin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.