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> [For me as a person who's in the arts and as someone who understands the magnitude of our contributions and the price that was paid to contribute to that, that we just have not gotten that together. I will do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/for-me-as-a-person-who-s-in-the-arts-and-as-someone-who-understands/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/wynton-marsalis-1721_art_for-me-as-a-person-who-s-in-the-arts-and_3161383.jpg)

## 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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