--- title: "Best Song Quotes by Wynton Marsalis" description: "64 Song quotes by Wynton Marsalis. Plus more from Wynton Marsalis and more Song sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5df/wynton-marsalis-1721_ifs_we-learn-a-language-through-its-song-and_2253959.png" --- > [We learn a language through its song, and even if you don't have music you have the song of people you love's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/we-learn-a-language-through-its-song-and-even-if-you-don-t-have-music/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5df/wynton-marsalis-1721_ifs_we-learn-a-language-through-its-song-and_2253959.png) > [When I was 12, I began listening to John Coltrane and I developed a love for jazz, which I still have more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/when-i-was-12-i-began-listening-to-john-coltrane-and-i-developed-a/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/353/wynton-marsalis-1721_coltrane_when-i-was-12-i-began-listening-to-john_1095335.png) > [There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do not want to get your head cut…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/there-s-the-tradition-in-jazz-of-having-the-battle-of-the-bands-and/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/wynton-marsalis-1721_band_there-s-the-tradition-in-jazz-of-having_294287.png) > [When it comes to songs and music, yeah, people love to sing and dance and play music and tunes, and that stream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/when-it-comes-to-songs-and-music-yeah-people-love-to-sing-and-dance/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/wynton-marsalis-1721_consciousness_when-it-comes-to-songs-and-music-yeah-pe_2052073.jpg) > [Jazz music is the power of now. There is no script. It's conversation. The emotion is given to you by musicians as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/jazz-music-is-the-power-of-now-there-is-no-script-it-s-conversation/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/wynton-marsalis-1721_communication_jazz-music-is-the-power-of-now-there-is_2853523.png) > [Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/jazz-comes-from-our-way-of-life-and-because-it-s-our-national-art/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/wynton-marsalis-1721_art_jazz-comes-from-our-way-of-life-and-beca_2051586.png) > [Duke Ellington always had a style: original, clean with interesting color combinations. He had an artist's eye.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/duke-ellington-always-had-a-style-original-clean-with-interesting/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/wynton-marsalis-1721_always_duke-ellington-always-had-a-style-origin_286613.png) > [My mother always took my brothers and me to music lessons. There were six children. Our parents attended our concerts and encouraged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/my-mother-always-took-my-brothers-and-me-to-music-lessons-there-were/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a61/wynton-marsalis-1721_brother_my-mother-always-took-my-brothers-and-me_2554690.png) > [Jazz music celebrates life! Human life; the range of it, the absurdity of it, the ignorance of it, the greatness of it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/jazz-music-celebrates-life-human-life-the-range-of-it-the-absurdity/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/746/wynton-marsalis-1721_absurdity_jazz-music-celebrates-life-human-life-th_287878.jpg) > [Certain music, jazz in particular, has the ability to make you a better citizen of the world. It helps you expand your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/certain-music-jazz-in-particular-has-the-ability-to-make-you-a-better/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b54/wynton-marsalis-1721_ability_certain-music-jazz-in-particular-has-the_784265.jpg) > [Everything comes out in blues music: joy, pain, struggle. Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance. It's about a man and a woman.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/everything-comes-out-in-blues-music-joy-pain-struggle-blues-is-2/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e42/wynton-marsalis-1721_affirmation_everything-comes-out-in-blues-music-joy_2070270.png) > [I hope it might help players have confidence in our own ways, and not to be afraid of them, as Bernstein showed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/i-hope-it-might-help-players-have-confidence-in-our-own-ways-and-not/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/wynton-marsalis-1721_art_i-hope-it-might-help-players-have-confid_243775.jpg) > [Jazz celebrates older generations and not just the youth movement. When you "sell" only to people of a certain age, you get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/jazz-celebrates-older-generations-and-not-just-the-youth-movement-2/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ef/wynton-marsalis-1721_age_jazz-celebrates-older-generations-and-no_2894402.jpg) > [I think that the blues is in everything, so it's not possible to neglect it. You hear somebody go 'Ooh ooh oooh,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/i-think-that-the-blues-is-in-everything-so-it-s-not-possible-to/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3c/wynton-marsalis-1721_blues_i-think-that-the-blues-is-in-everything_1606416.png) > [When I came to New York, to Brooklyn, I met Alvin Ailey and Stanley Crouch and August Wilson. They were always putting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/when-i-came-to-new-york-to-brooklyn-i-met-alvin-ailey-and-stanley/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2e/wynton-marsalis-1721_ability_when-i-came-to-new-york-to-brooklyn-i-me_2802629.jpg) > [My father is a jazz musician, so I grew up hearing jazz. My parents loved it, but I didn't like it. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/my-father-is-a-jazz-musician-so-i-grew-up-hearing-jazz-my-parents/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/wynton-marsalis-1721_any_my-father-is-a-jazz-musician-so-i-grew-u_1787943.jpg) > [Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes down from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/jazz-is-not-just-well-man-this-is-what-i-feel-like-playing-it-s-a/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29c/wynton-marsalis-1721_education_jazz-is-not-just-well-man-this-is-what-i_1282989.png) > [Grace Kelly plays with intelligence, wit and feeling. She has a great amount of natural ability and the ability to adapt. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/grace-kelly-plays-with-intelligence-wit-and-feeling-she-has-a-great/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/wynton-marsalis-1721_ability_grace-kelly-plays-with-intelligence-wit_2872652.png) > [Flexibility is an essential part of Jazz. It's what gives Jazz music the ability to combine with all other types of music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/flexibility-is-an-essential-part-of-jazz-it-s-what-gives-jazz-music/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/wynton-marsalis-1721_ability_flexibility-is-an-essential-part-of-jazz_2664787.jpg) > [We all teach from that same frame of reference. We're like neighborhood - the people who have had the opportunity through this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/we-all-teach-from-that-same-frame-of-reference-we-re-like/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc2/wynton-marsalis-1721_communication_we-all-teach-from-that-same-frame-of-ref_1872605.png) > [What I've learned how to do as I've gotten older is to take all of the information that I have, and push…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/what-i-ve-learned-how-to-do-as-i-ve-gotten-older-is-to-take-all-of/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/176/wynton-marsalis-1721_aside_what-i-ve-learned-how-to-do-as-i-ve-gott_2450910.png) > [If you didn't have the amalgam of Blacks and African-type sensibility and European sensibility, you wouldn't have jazz. Even in the negative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/if-you-didn-t-have-the-amalgam-of-blacks-and-african-type-sensibility/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/096/wynton-marsalis-1721_abolition_if-you-didn-t-have-the-amalgam-of-blacks_342127.png) > [Even if nobody's singing, just when you talk, you're singing. I'll meet somebody and say, "Oh, I'm tone-deaf." I say, "You're not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/even-if-nobody-s-singing-just-when-you-talk-you-re-singing-i-ll-meet/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d6/wynton-marsalis-1721_deaf_even-if-nobody-s-singing-just-when-you-t_2358122.jpg) > [But you listen to Coltrane and that's something human, something that's about elevation. It's like making love to a woman. It's about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wynton-marsalis/but-you-listen-to-coltrane-and-that-s-something-human-something-that/) [Wynton Marsalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wynton-marsalis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/wynton-marsalis-1721_coltrane_but-you-listen-to-coltrane-and-that-s-so_531683.png) ## Other authors on Song - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-taylor-swift-89132.jpg) Taylor Swift 141 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/taylor-swift/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bob-dylan-18556.jpg) Bob Dylan 95 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/bob-dylan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jimmy-page-49993.jpg) Jimmy Page 81 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/jimmy-page/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-rollins-41662.jpg) Henry Rollins 73 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/henry-rollins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-lennon-51796.jpg) John Lennon 70 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/john-lennon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dave-grohl-27056.jpg) Dave Grohl 70 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/dave-grohl/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-mccartney-74044.jpg) Paul McCartney 65 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/paul-mccartney/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-young-70733.jpg) Neil Young 64 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/neil-young/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-petrucci-52095.jpg) John Petrucci 63 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/john-petrucci/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jason-mraz-47548.jpg) Jason Mraz 61 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/jason-mraz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-van-morrison-93136.jpg) Van Morrison 60 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/van-morrison/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-brian-eno-19492.jpg) Brian Eno 58 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/brian-eno/) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/wynton-marsalis/#itemlist", "name": "Best Song Quotes 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