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title: "1 Come Sit Quotes By Wynton Marsalis"
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> [People have taken time out of their day and spent their money to come sit down at a concert. And it's jazz music-it's not easy for them to get to it. I don't want them ever to feel that I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/people-have-taken-time-out-of-their-day-and-spent-their-money-to-come/)

[Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/wynton-marsalis-1721_concerts_people-have-taken-time-out-of-their-day_1191971.png)

## Other authors on Come Sit

## More by Wynton Marsalis

> [I never minded giving my opinions. They are just opinions, and I had studied music and I had strong feelings. I was happy for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/i-never-minded-giving-my-opinions-they-are-just-opinions-and-i-had/)

[Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/)

> [I always read all these books about the slaves. My mother is very educated. My father would talk to us like we were grown…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/i-always-read-all-these-books-about-the-slaves-my-mother-is-very/)

[Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/the-best-musicians-know-this-music-isn-t-about-schools-at-all-like-my/)

[Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/)

> [Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/louis-armstrong-is-jazz-he-represents-what-the-music-is-all-about/)

[Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/and-that-s-the-soulful-thing-about-playing-you-offer-something-to/)

[Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/)

> [Ethics are more important than laws.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/ethics-are-more-important-than-laws/)

[Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/)

> [I'm not a person who writes really abstract things with oblique references. I look at abstraction like I look at condiments. Give me some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/i-m-not-a-person-who-writes-really-abstract-things-with-oblique/)

[Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/)

> [Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/many-a-revolution-started-with-the-actions-of-a-few-only-56-men/)

[Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/)

> [“Today you go into make a modern recording with all this technology. The bass plays first, then the drums come in later, then they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/today-you-go-into-make-a-modern-recording-with-all-this-technology/)

[Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/)

> [In the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra we play such a diversity of music, with 10 arrangers in the band, we don't really worry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/in-the-jazz-at-lincoln-center-orchestra-we-play-such-a-diversity-of/)

[Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/)

> [Commercialism that has absolutely no relationship to quality whatsoever, only quantitative assessment of a thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/commercialism-that-has-absolutely-no-relationship-to-quality/)

[Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/)

> [Instead of imposing your will on every situation...focus on including everyone else, and just that little adjustment of attitude gives you the space to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/instead-of-imposing-your-will-on-every-situation-focus-on-including/)

[Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/)

> [I'm not afraid of you being yourself. That's America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/i-m-not-afraid-of-you-being-yourself-that-s-america/)

[Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/)

> [“I noticed that religion gave some people a way to escape dealing with the world: “Things will be better when you die,” the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/i-noticed-that-religion-gave-some-people-a-way-to-escape-dealing-with/)

[Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/)

> [Trumpet players see each other, and it's like we're getting ready to square off or get into a fight or something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/trumpet-players-see-each-other-and-it-s-like-we-re-getting-ready-to/)

[Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/)

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