There's a lot of music at my fingertips that I can be influenced by. And just because I play a horn, I don't need to sound, or try to capture, what was happening before me. I can just respect it… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I was given a horn at an early age. I never really got a chance to think about doing anything else until I was about 18, when I realized I could do something else if I wanted to. In my… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
Sometimes on my show, I just play something out of the blue, and the band picks up on it. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I wanted to become a better entertainer, and I learned from my brother James Andrews. And I've been studying some tape of James Brown… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I got a chance to work with Mystikal and Mannie Fresh and Juvenile and all these people as I was growing up, and so… — Trombone Shorty 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 Copy Share Image
Life would be pretty boring if I didn't explore. It's about letting my ears take me on an adventure to soak in everything I… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
Music in New Orleans has always been the heartbeat that drives the city. It was that even before Katrina, and that's what we had… — Trombone Shorty 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 where they… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I always dreamed of playing a show with Bono and Edge and the guys in Green Day. — 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 my list… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
