Trombone Shorty

New Orleans made me who I am.

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Music should be pushed forward.

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Music brings unity.

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You always want to learn, you know.

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I never really listened to any particular trombone players.

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I didn't know what the word 'genre' meant till I was twenty years old.

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All New Orleans music is based off dance music, even jazz.

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Since I'm born here, my music will always have some New Orleans elements.

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Everyone who hears our music loves it, but how many people get to hear it?

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When I play the trumpet, I'm in a different character.

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That's the way New Orleans is. It's driven by the music.

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Everything is a learning experience for me.

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I always dreamed of playing a show with Bono and Edge and the guys in Green Day.

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Certain jazz musicians just copy what was done 100 years ago. The music won't grow if nobody takes a risk.

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I was put on so many different musical stages growing up that I didn't think about what kind of music we played.…

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When I was a kid, my friends and I formed a band, Trombone Shorty's Brass Band. When I was six, I was…

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We're not really trying to do anything besides represent where we come from, and that's New Orleans.

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It's like drinking water. You have to have water every day, and music is like water for me.

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I've had a strong will power to become one of the best. And I'm not gonna let nothing stop me from going…

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When you start playing as young as me, and you've been in front of audiences your entire life, this is literally what…

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I spent a lot of time with the Neville Brothers and Dr. John and different people. They play different styles of music,…

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I was given a horn at an early age. I never really got a chance to think about doing anything else until…

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It was just music all day... My neighbors were musicians, and my brother and my family and everybody... It was just a…

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Music in New Orleans has always been the heartbeat that drives the city. It was that even before Katrina, and that's what…

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I didn't grow up during the time that Louis Armstrong or Miles Davis and all those people were playing. So it's not…

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You've got different people that have different views of New Orleans. When you say 'New Orleans,' you have people who just think…

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I was listening to Ministry and Garth Brooks and Charlie Pride and Wynton Marsalis, and then I would listen to Juvenile or…

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I may be taking a different approach, being a guy leading a band with a trombone, but if you take that out…

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Whenever we can, we try to talk to students. If I can, I'll invite kids from a school to a sound check…

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In New Orleans, people are still influenced by one another. You got these bands that play every week on Frenchmen Street, and…

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My only time off is when I'm sleeping.

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To be able to do what you truly love for a living is a gift.

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I just wanted to keep growing and touring with my band.

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If people aren't dancing, we're not doing our job.

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I don't know what America would be without New Orleans and the music.

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I think The Meters are like The Beatles to us in New Orleans, you know.

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At the end of the day, I'm a New Orleans musician. Whatever that means.

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I just play music. That makes my whole day. I can practice and be happy.

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I need New Orleans. And New Orleans needs me.

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It's very important to me that I at least know the history of the music.

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