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Wynton Marsalis quotes: Even in these times, there are still neighbors that will turn their backs on neighbors. Even in these times, there are still neighbors that will turn their backs on neighbors.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: I always like to play very contemporary concepts of swing right next to New Orleans music because it highlights continuum. I always like to play very contemporary concepts of swing right next to New Orleans music because it highlights continuum.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Jazz is not the kind of music you are going to learn to play in three or four years or that you can just get because you have some talent Jazz is not the kind of music you are going to learn to play in three or four years or that you can just get because you have some talent for music.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Let the critics criticize and let the doers do. Let the critics criticize and let the doers do.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: This is our bandstand. If you don't want to play, get up off the instrument and leave. This is our bandstand. If you don't want to play, get up off the instrument and leave.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: When people dress well, they play well. When people dress well, they play well.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: What, other than injustice, could be the reason that the displaced citizens of New Orleans cannot be accommodated by the richest nation in the world? What, other than injustice, could be the reason that the displaced citizens of New Orleans cannot be accommodated by the richest nation in the world?
Wynton Marsalis quotes: The heart of a music is its rhythm. The heart of rhythm section music is the rhythm. The heart of a music is its rhythm. The heart of rhythm section music is the rhythm.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: I almost never watch TV, except for '60 Minutes' and pro football. I love Drew Brees, the Manning brothers and the Steelers' linebackers. I almost never watch TV, except for '60 Minutes' and pro football. I love Drew Brees, the Manning brothers and the Steelers' linebackers.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: I wanted to make somebody feel like Coltrane made me feel, listening to it. I wanted to make somebody feel like Coltrane made me feel, listening to it.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do not want to get your head cut when you're playing. There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do not want to get your head cut when you're playing.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: My older brother and myself always played together in bands, but we never knew we would be professional musicians. My older brother and myself always played together in bands, but we never knew we would be professional musicians.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us. We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: New Orleans - the real New Orleans - is the soul of the country. New Orleans - the real New Orleans - is the soul of the country.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: What is deeper than respect and love? That's what we felt: veneration. What is deeper than respect and love? That's what we felt: veneration.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: The reason why the music [jazz] is important is because it's an art form-an ancient art form-that takes in the mythology of our people. The reason why the music [jazz] is important is because it's an art form-an ancient art form-that takes in the mythology of our people.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: The first time I ever played the trumpet in public, I played the Marine Hymn. I sounded terrible. The first time I ever played the trumpet in public, I played the Marine Hymn. I sounded terrible.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Milk in a mother's breast-that's cool. Milk in a mouth-that's cool too. But milk in my trumpet? Not so cool. I have to play that thing. Milk in a mother's breast-that's cool. Milk in a mouth-that's cool too. But milk in my trumpet? Not so cool. I have to play that thing.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Commercialism that has absolutely no relationship to quality whatsoever, only quantitative assessment of a thing. Commercialism that has absolutely no relationship to quality whatsoever, only quantitative assessment of a thing.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: It was Dr. King's tireless activism that fostered our modern way of relating to one another. It was Dr. King's tireless activism that fostered our modern way of relating to one another.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: The first jazz musician was a trumpeter, Buddy Bolden, and the last will be a trumpeter, the archangel Gabriel. The first jazz musician was a trumpeter, Buddy Bolden, and the last will be a trumpeter, the archangel Gabriel.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Maybe the preoccupation with technological progress has overshadowed our concern with human progress. Maybe the preoccupation with technological progress has overshadowed our concern with human progress.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: There's so much spirit of integration and democracy in jazz. There's so much spirit of integration and democracy in jazz.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: So when we spend all of our time trying to separate that which is already joined, it's a waste of time. So when we spend all of our time trying to separate that which is already joined, it's a waste of time.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: When I was 12, I began listening to John Coltrane and I developed a love for jazz, which I still have more and more each year. When I was 12, I began listening to John Coltrane and I developed a love for jazz, which I still have more and more each year.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: I'm not afraid of you being yourself. That's America. I'm not afraid of you being yourself. That's America.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: This music heals people because music is vibration, and the proper vibration heals. This music heals people because music is vibration, and the proper vibration heals.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: You need a team. You need people to push you. You need opponents. You need a team. You need people to push you. You need opponents.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation. We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: When you create change with your point of view, you have to be ready for what comes with that. When you create change with your point of view, you have to be ready for what comes with that.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: it ain't as hard as picking cotton it ain't as hard as picking cotton
Wynton Marsalis quotes: The soul gives us resilience - an essential quality since we constantly have to rebound from hardship. The soul gives us resilience - an essential quality since we constantly have to rebound from hardship.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: If you want to be different, do something different. If you want to be different, do something different.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Young kids are always singing and painting. When you get to that second and third grade level, you're supposed to put all that aside. Young kids are always singing and painting. When you get to that second and third grade level, you're supposed to put all that aside.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play. I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: The Duke and Swing represent affirmation in the face of adversity. The Duke and Swing represent affirmation in the face of adversity.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: A musician's whole life is to listen. A musician's whole life is to listen.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: I think that when the education system started to be dismantled during the first Great Depression in the 1930s, we didn't recover from that. I think that when the education system started to be dismantled during the first Great Depression in the 1930s, we didn't recover from that.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: I dress up a certain way because I respect the music. I dress up a certain way because I respect the music.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: There was one thing Beethoven didn't do. When one of his string quartets was played, you can believe the second violin wasn't improvising. There was one thing Beethoven didn't do. When one of his string quartets was played, you can believe the second violin wasn't improvising.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: What I really have in my head, my imagination, my understanding of music, I never really get that out. What I really have in my head, my imagination, my understanding of music, I never really get that out.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: We're blues people. And blues never lets tragedy have the last word. We're blues people. And blues never lets tragedy have the last word.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Jazz is democracy in music. Jazz is democracy in music.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Blues is like the roux in a gumbo. People ask me if jazz always has the blues in it. I say, if it sounds good it does. Blues is like the roux in a gumbo. People ask me if jazz always has the blues in it. I say, if it sounds good it does.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Only a few act - the rest of us reap the benefits of their risk. Only a few act - the rest of us reap the benefits of their risk.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Some stances are just conducive to swinging. If I stand up straight for too long it's harder to swing. Plus my feet hurt. Some stances are just conducive to swinging. If I stand up straight for too long it's harder to swing. Plus my feet hurt.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: I have friends who will critique me much harder than any review. I have friends who will critique me much harder than any review.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: A beat is a moment in the life a groove. A beat is a moment in the life a groove.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: If you're not making mistakes, you're not trying. If you're not making mistakes, you're not trying.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: The bandstand is a sacred place. The bandstand is a sacred place.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Humility is the doorway 2 truth & clarity of objectives ... it's the doorway 2 learning. Humility is the doorway 2 truth & clarity of objectives ... it's the doorway 2 learning.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: My schedule is always tight. But I like to have the pressure of having to finish doing something; it gives me an added edge. My schedule is always tight. But I like to have the pressure of having to finish doing something; it gives me an added edge.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: I'm just lucky to have the type of friends and musicians and people dedicated to my music that I do. I'm just lucky to have the type of friends and musicians and people dedicated to my music that I do.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Don't wish for someone else to do later what you can do now. Don't wish for someone else to do later what you can do now.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence. Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Jazz music creates so many phenomenal figures. Jazz music creates so many phenomenal figures.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: When did we begin to lose faith in our ability to effect change? When did we begin to lose faith in our ability to effect change?
Wynton Marsalis quotes: If you looked around, you'd be glad you couldn't see. If you looked around, you'd be glad you couldn't see.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: This rebuilding of New Orleans gives us the perfect opportunity to see if we're ready to extend the legacy of Dr. King. This rebuilding of New Orleans gives us the perfect opportunity to see if we're ready to extend the legacy of Dr. King.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are. Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Trumpet players are just belligerant, and cocky, and you know, just hard-headed. Trumpet players are just belligerant, and cocky, and you know, just hard-headed.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Don't bullshit' just play. Don't bullshit' just play.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Love is the spiritual essence of what we do. Technique is the manifestation of the preparation and investment as a result of the love. Love is the spiritual essence of what we do. Technique is the manifestation of the preparation and investment as a result of the love.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: I think that virtuosity is the first sign of morality in a musician. It means you're serious enough to practice. I think that virtuosity is the first sign of morality in a musician. It means you're serious enough to practice.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Jazz music is the power of now. Jazz music is the power of now.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Flexibility is an essential part of Jazz. It's what gives Jazz music the ability to combine with all other types of music and not lose its identity. Flexibility is an essential part of Jazz. It's what gives Jazz music the ability to combine with all other types of music and not lose its identity.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: And that's the soulful thing about playing: you offer something to somebody. You don't know if they'll like it, but you offer it. And that's the soulful thing about playing: you offer something to somebody. You don't know if they'll like it, but you offer it.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: I got my first trumpet when I was six years old, from Al Hirt. My father was playing in Al Hirt's band at that time. I got my first trumpet when I was six years old, from Al Hirt. My father was playing in Al Hirt's band at that time.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Duke Ellington always had a style: original, clean with interesting color combinations. He had an artist's eye. Duke Ellington always had a style: original, clean with interesting color combinations. He had an artist's eye.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Whenever you face a man who's playing your instrument, there's a competition. Whenever you face a man who's playing your instrument, there's a competition.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Nothing else will ever capture the democratic process in sound as perfectly as Jazz. Nothing else will ever capture the democratic process in sound as perfectly as Jazz.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: I generally work right up to when I have to do something - I'm always doing a lot. I generally work right up to when I have to do something - I'm always doing a lot.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: I sounded like myself. People be saying I sound like Miles or Clifford Brown. I sounded like myself. People be saying I sound like Miles or Clifford Brown.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: The only justification for looking down on anyone is that you're going to stop and pick them up. The only justification for looking down on anyone is that you're going to stop and pick them up.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Trumpet players see each other, and it's like we're getting ready to square off or get into a fight or something. Trumpet players see each other, and it's like we're getting ready to square off or get into a fight or something.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about. Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Ethics are more important than laws. Ethics are more important than laws.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: The musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my head, and they did. The musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my head, and they did.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Don't settle for style. Succeed in substance. Don't settle for style. Succeed in substance.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: The best way to be, is to do. The best way to be, is to do.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: When I first came to New York everybody on the scene would treat me like I could play, but I couldn't. When I first came to New York everybody on the scene would treat me like I could play, but I couldn't.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: We no longer want to be a melting pot, because we don't understand what is already melted. We no longer want to be a melting pot, because we don't understand what is already melted.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: I try to put a lot of our music in my music - by that I mean of American music. I try to put a lot of our music in my music - by that I mean of American music.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Music is always for the listener, but the first listener is always the musician Music is always for the listener, but the first listener is always the musician
Wynton Marsalis quotes: I didn't want to get that ring around my lips from practicing the trumpet, because I thought the girls wouldn't like me. So I never practiced. I didn't want to get that ring around my lips from practicing the trumpet, because I thought the girls wouldn't like me. So I never practiced.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Those who play for applause ... Tha t's all they get. Those who play for applause ... Tha t's all they get.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: The best musicians know this music isn't about "schools" at all. Like my father says, "There's only one school, the school of 'Can you play? The best musicians know this music isn't about "schools" at all. Like my father says, "There's only one school, the school of 'Can you play?
Wynton Marsalis quotes: Thank the good Lord for a job. Thank the good Lord for a job.
Wynton Marsalis quotes: I play piano and drums very poorly and French horn and tuba all equally as bad. I play piano and drums very poorly and French horn and tuba all equally as bad.

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