I grew up listening to the Neville Brothers and the Rebirth Brass Band. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I just want to spearhead and lead a new style of New Orleans music. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
Hopefully, I can stay around a lot of young musicians and feed off of them. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I just play music. That makes my whole day. I can practice and be happy. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
Music for us is a place of joy. Bringin' joy... that's what we are all about. — 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 could just play my horn in my room for 20 minutes a day, and I will be happy. — Trombone Shorty 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
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 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 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
When I was a kid, my friends and I formed a band, Trombone Shorty's Brass Band. When I was six, I was… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
We come from New Orleans, so everything is emotional - for, once the music takes over, and we start blowing, we go… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
No matter what kinds of problems we might be going through, or what kinds of problems the world might be going through,… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
Certain jazz musicians just copy what was done 100 years ago. The music won't grow if nobody takes a risk. — 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
