World Quotes by Wynton Marsalis

9 World quotes by Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis offers nine succinct thoughts on the World. The short batch still carries his sophisticated, jazz‑rooted perspective and the articulate way he frames broader ideas.

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We created the spirituals. We created so much great music, jazz chief amongst our innovations, teaching us how to prize ourselves and…

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My daddy expected that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world a better place. He had lived in…

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How great musicians demonstrate a mutual respect and trust on the bandstand can alter your outlook on the world and enrich every…

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What, other than injustice, could be the reason that the displaced citizens of New Orleans cannot be accommodated by the richest nation…

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My daddy thought - no, he expected - that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world a better…

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He [Benny Carter] is all that every jazz musician the world over wants to be. He's performed 20,000 nights. How many shoes…

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I worry more about the marketing that's taken hold since the 70s. The Jazz era, the Swing era, those were huge. Entire…

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As long as there is democracy, there will be people wanting to play jazz because nothing else will ever so perfectly capture…

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Certain music, jazz in particular, has the ability to make you a better citizen of the world. It helps you expand your…

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I never minded giving my opinions. They are just opinions, and I had studied music and I had strong feelings. I was happy for…

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I always read all these books about the slaves. My mother is very educated. My father would talk to us like we were grown…

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“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…

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Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about.

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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.

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Ethics are more important than laws.

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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…

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Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead…

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“Today you go into make a modern recording with all this technology. The bass plays first, then the drums come in later, then they…

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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…

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Commercialism that has absolutely no relationship to quality whatsoever, only quantitative assessment of a thing.

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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…

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