New Orleans is a place where people are deliberately undereducated so that they can be a labour class - the economy there is tourism, and one of the only outlets that black males have traditionally been allowed is to play… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
Even if I have a good day, I still am aware of other people that are going through really hard, tumultuous things. I don't… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
I hate the natural sound of the trumpet, but I think I'm naturally set up to be a trumpet player. I know that sounds… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
I kind of prefer to be sort of ahead of the pack checking things out, priming the canvas, if you will, for the younger… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
At Mardi Gras, the different tribes will basically play war games, and so my brother is what you call a Flag Boy, which is… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter if I ever win another award or get to play another major jazz festival in America. I would rather not garner… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
It's funny because as a composer, you want to hear your songs live on. I think a lot of times people will create a… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
People call what we do "stretch music." This is our style, and one of the newer, in vogue ways of playing creative, improvised music. It really grew out of me trying to address something that I saw in my everyday life in my neighborhood - trying to develop that and refine that and excavate exactly what that was in a… — Christian Scott Copy Share
We didn't have much, but I was raised to believe if you had books, you had a lot. My grandfather and my parents made… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
You can't grow if you're going to say: 'The contributions of my predecessors are greater than anything I can ever achieve.' Each generation has… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
To me, trying to achieve the balance is when you become good: when you have enough technique to be able to play what is… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
Man I mean, the great thing about playing clubs in Harlem is people have an appreciation not just for the music but for the… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
I think a lot of musicians and artists are really one that really only have one trick. — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
