Many of our greatest musicians abandoned all of their aesthetic objectives to try to become pertinent. And, at the end of the… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
It's our job to just do as much as we can to enlighten the people about it and to represent it by… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
You don't try to duplicate certain things that other cats do, because you could never do it as well as they do.… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
So when we spend all of our time trying to separate that which is already joined, it's a waste of time. — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Don't worry about what others say about your music. Pursue whatever you are hearing... but if everybody really hates your music maybe… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I try to find the core values that are so fundamental that they transcend ethnic identity. That doesn't mean I run from… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
The main three components are the blues, improvisation - which is some kind of element that people are trying to make it… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I try to put a lot of our music in my music - by that I mean of American music. — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I'll write down and catalogue all the different devices that are Americana to me, and I try to have a historic depth… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
For me as a person who's in the arts and as someone who understands the magnitude of our contributions and the price… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I never minded giving my opinions. They are just opinions, and I had studied music and I had strong feelings. I was happy for… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I always read all these books about the slaves. My mother is very educated. My father would talk to us like we were grown… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
“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… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about. — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
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. — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
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… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
“Today you go into make a modern recording with all this technology. The bass plays first, then the drums come in later, then they… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
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… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Commercialism that has absolutely no relationship to quality whatsoever, only quantitative assessment of a thing. — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
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… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
