Hopefully, I can stay around a lot of young musicians and feed off of them. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
People seem to absorb my sound. It feels like they're one with me. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to the Neville Brothers and the Rebirth Brass Band. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
Australia is one of my favorite places to play - it's a crazy experience. — Trombone Shorty Australia Copy Share Image
People get caught up in recreating something, and that actually hurts the genre of music because there's nothing new. — Trombone Shorty Music Copy Share Image
As a musician, as a horn player, sometimes I even get bored listening to all instrumental music. — Trombone Shorty Bored Copy Share Image
Actually, I started off playing by ear and being around a bunch of musicians playing in the streets in the different parades. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
We didn't know music had all these names. We made up SupaFunkRock on a plane when a flight attendant asked us what… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
We really practice music and work really hard. Sometimes we'll leave at six in the morning, and we started at three the… — Trombone Shorty Day Copy Share Image
I grew up right in the heart of Treme, so it was a real music neighborhood, and there was a bunch of… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
One thing I've learned in life is that natural talent only takes you so far, and I've always wanted to grow. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I've grown up in the Treme, and I played in a bunch of brass bands. My brother, James Andrews, had a brass… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I've dreamed a lot of things and a lot of them have come true. The Grammy nomination was the last thing on… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's very hard for other New Orleans musicians to break out. It starts with the musician. They have to be willing… — Trombone Shorty City Copy Share Image
If I have to be considered any type of jazz artist, it would be New Orleans jazz because New Orleans jazz never… — Trombone Shorty Art Copy Share Image
Most people don't even know what a trombone is. It's not that popular as a front instrument... I picked it up and… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
Music is changing. I'm just doing what I'm doing, and hopefully in the next 20, 30 years, some kids can take what… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
When we're ready to do the dress rehearsal, we'll rehearse in the dark. No lights. The reason why I do that is… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I listen to Nine Inch Nails, Green Day, U2, and it becomes part of me, comes out in my music. Wherever it… — Trombone Shorty Day Copy Share Image
I had a lot of older musicians looking out for me, teaching me, and showing me things when they saw how interested… — Trombone Shorty Age Copy Share Image
I just want to spearhead and lead a new style of New Orleans music. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
Being jazz-trained, things happen spontaneously. Even though it's funk rock, we still have the instincts of a jazz musician. — Trombone Shorty Being Copy Share Image
The music always takes us to different places. We'll just continue to play and see what doors open from there. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
New Orleans is like a big musical gumbo. The sound I have is from being in the city my whole life. — Trombone Shorty Being Copy Share Image
I've lost a bunch of friends - some of them in jail, some of them made bad choices, some of them aren't… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I've been playing music since I was four, so it's part of my life. It's all I know. It's just a part… — Trombone Shorty Everyday Copy Share Image
We don't want to be hot; we want to last - because eventually hot gets cooled down. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
What's crazy about my life is that the biggest things that have happened just happen. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
We have to let the younger generations take our music - and approach it the way they want - but just teach… — Trombone Shorty Approach Copy Share Image
In New Orleans, we celebrate everything. It's probably the only place you'll see people dancing in a funeral home. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
My grandfather influenced my brother, and my brother was my biggest influence. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
My parents pushed me toward trombone because they didn't need another trumpet player. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
'Supafunkrock' is a musical gumbo. We throw all those musical influences into the pot and put it out there. — Trombone Shorty Gumbo Copy Share Image
I'm big fans of all those musicians, B.B. King, Mick Jagger - they're all on my iPod. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
If I can just play, it doesn't matter where we are... Japan, Australia, or here in the neighborhood. — Trombone Shorty Australia Copy Share Image
I could just play my horn in my room for 20 minutes a day, and I will be happy. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
