“Good times coming. Good times have come.”
"Wall Street Rag" (1909)
Scott Joplin foi um compositor e pianista americano, uma das figuras mais importantes no desenvolvimento do ragtime clássico, com a possibilidade de admitir composições extensas, como óperas e sinfonias. Wikipedia

“Good times coming. Good times have come.”
"Wall Street Rag" (1909)
“Panic in Wall Street, brokers feeling melancholy.”
"Wall Street Rag" (1909)
“Never play ragtime fast at any time.”
"School of Ragtime" (1908)
When asked by Joseph Lamb if he was Scott Joplin, as quoted in "The Day Joseph Lamb Met Scott Joplin" https://www.portlandpianolab.com/the-day-joseph-lamb-met-scott-joplin/ (2 January 2016), by Doug Hanvey, Music Appreciation & Analysis, Portland Piano Lab