Even if I have a good day, I still am aware of other people that are going through really hard, tumultuous things.… — Christian Scott Am Copy Share Image
I hate the natural sound of the trumpet, but I think I'm naturally set up to be a trumpet player. I know… — Christian Scott Anytime Copy Share Image
I kind of prefer to be sort of ahead of the pack checking things out, priming the canvas, if you will, for… — Christian Scott About Copy Share Image
At Mardi Gras, the different tribes will basically play war games, and so my brother is what you call a Flag Boy,… — Christian Scott Basically Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter if I ever win another award or get to play another major jazz festival in America. I would rather… — Christian Scott About Copy Share Image
It's funny because as a composer, you want to hear your songs live on. I think a lot of times people will… — Christian Scott Alone Copy Share Image
People call what we do "stretch music." This is our style, and one of the newer, in vogue ways of playing creative,… — Christian Scott Creative Copy Share Image
We didn't have much, but I was raised to believe if you had books, you had a lot. My grandfather and my… — Christian Scott Believe Copy Share Image
You can't grow if you're going to say: 'The contributions of my predecessors are greater than anything I can ever achieve.' Each… — Christian Scott Achieve Copy Share Image
To me, trying to achieve the balance is when you become good: when you have enough technique to be able to play… — Christian Scott Achieve Copy Share Image
Man I mean, the great thing about playing clubs in Harlem is people have an appreciation not just for the music but… — Christian Scott About Copy Share Image
I think a lot of musicians and artists are really one that really only have one trick. — Christian Scott Art Copy Share Image
The trumpet is a very violent instrument - probably one of the most archaic of all the modern instruments. It's physically really… — Christian Scott Modern Copy Share Image
Jazz is really 20th-century fusion music. You take West African harmony and rhythm, mix with European harmony, and boom! — Christian Scott African Copy Share Image
I live in New York, but I'm gone 310, 320 days a year. My apartment is storage. — Christian Scott Apartment Copy Share Image
Depending on what you allow, you can still get the blues, man. I'm still trying to figure out where the blues really… — Christian Scott Allow Copy Share Image
New Orleans is a place where people are deliberately undereducated so that they can be a labour class - the economy there… — Christian Scott Allowed Copy Share Image
The music that I make, the younger musicians are referring to it as 'stretch' music. — Christian Scott Make Copy Share Image
Anyone should be able to express themselves in any context. Obviously, there are arguments against appropriation, but it's one thing when someone… — Christian Scott Argument Copy Share Image
Creating an environment musically that shows that we all belong together is what I'm interested in doing, and that happened really early… — Christian Scott Creativity Copy Share Image
What we're doing now, is to try to eradicate the limited notion of how people are interacting with each other through hyper-racialized… — Christian Scott Argument Copy Share Image
In New Orleans, you can pitch a rock and hit a great trumpeter. — Christian Scott New orleans Copy Share Image
I don't just play the trumpet because it's something that resonates with me: I play the trumpet because I realize it's a… — Christian Scott Because Copy Share Image
If anyone ever tells me something doesn't go together, it makes me want to try it. — Christian Scott Anyone Copy Share Image
I was a really good youth boxer, and I enjoyed the sport very much. Once I actually started to play the trumpet,… — Christian Scott All time Copy Share Image
