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Ragtime was my lullaby. -- Hoagy Carmichael
Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century. -- Russell Lynes
One day the 'Maple Leaf' will make me King of Ragtime Composers. -- Scott Joplin
My appearance was always good and my ability to play on the piano, especially ragtime, which was then at the height of its vogue, made me a welcome guest. -- James Weldon Johnson
Ragtime has about the same amount of respect as comics. And in a way they're similar art forms. Ragtime is highly compositional, and the emotion in the music is built in, whereas in jazz a lot of that emotion comes from the way it's performed. -- Chris Ware
Don t play this piece fast. It is never right to play ragtime fast. -- Scott Joplin
Syncopations are no indication of light or trashy music, and to shy bricks at 'hateful ragtime' no longer passes for musical culture. -- Scott Joplin
Behind innocence there gathers a clotted mass of superstition, of twisted and misdirected impulse; clandestine flirtation, fads, and ragtime fill the unventilated mind. -- Walter Lippmann
Roger (Kellaway) amazed us all. Blessed with great technique, he could play any style, from ragtime to space music. Whatever style he chose to play at the moment would be filled with wonderful surprises that kept the rest of us continually delighted. -- Bill Crow
New Orleans had a great tradition of celebration. Opera, military marching bands, folk music, the blues, different types of church music, ragtime, echoes of traditional African drumming, and all of the dance styles that went with this music could be heard and seen throughout the city. When all of these kinds of music blended into one, jazz was born. -- Wynton Marsalis
It is never right to play ragtime fast. -- Scott Joplin

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