Music Preservation Society biography http://www.wchandymusicfestival.org/downloads/HandyBiography.pdf
Interviewed by James Creelman, New York Herald, May 21, 1893.
Context: In the negro melodies of America I discover all that is needed for a great and noble school of music. They are pathetic, tender, passionate, melancholy, solemn, religious, bold, merry, gay or what you will. It is music that suits itself to any mood or any [[purpose. There is nothing in the whole age of composition that cannot be supplied with themes from this source. ]]
Simmons at the Canadian-American Business Council luncheon. 2008-11-13 http://eaves.ca/2008/11/14/quote-of-the-day
Address at a Swedish Colonial Society luncheon in Philadelphia (9 April 2001).
Books, articles, and speeches
“I don't think that American audiences would accept the tonal character of my music.”
As quoted by David Milner, "Akira Ifukube Interview I" http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/ifukub.htm, Kaiju Conversations (December 1992)
2010s, 2011, Q&A with Former President George W. Bush (January 2011)
Context: And you realize that we share the same values. Faith, family, you know, hard work, commitment to service and I think we ought to welcome people from different cultures to America. The great thing about America is we ought to be confident in knowing that everybody becomes an American. And we share the same value system. In other words, there's a great capacity for our society to assimilate people.
