I think The Meters are like The Beatles to us in New Orleans, you know. — Trombone Shorty Beatles Copy Share Image
Everyone who hears our music loves it, but how many people get to hear it? — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
Since I'm born here, my music will always have some New Orleans elements. — 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
If I can just play, it doesn't matter where we are... Japan, Australia, or here in the neighborhood. — Trombone Shorty Australia Copy Share Image
I'm very proud of 'Backatown,' and usually I don't like to listen to my records. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I have to continue to make the older musicians proud and brush up on my skills. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
My grandfather influenced my brother, and my brother was my biggest influence. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
'Supafunkrock' is a musical gumbo. We throw all those musical influences into the pot and put it out there. — Trombone Shorty Gumbo Copy Share Image
My parents pushed me toward trombone because they didn't need another trumpet player. — 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 Everyday Copy Share Image
Whatever fame or success we have right now came strictly from us playing. As long as we focus on music and not… — Trombone Shorty Fame 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 Body Copy Share Image
We had a bunch of instruments around the house. Like, I played different instruments, trumpet, bass, drums, piano, all that, but whatever… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
When I'm creating a song, I'm thinking of a hip-hop beat playing on a live drum set - kinda like the Roots… — Trombone Shorty Hip hop Copy Share Image
Everywhere I go around the world, we have fans of New Orleans. Sometimes we go places, and people don't really know who… — Trombone Shorty Around the world Copy Share Image
I had a lot of older musicians looking out for me, teaching me, and showing me things when they saw how interested… — Trombone Shorty Age Copy Share Image
I listen to Nine Inch Nails, Green Day, U2, and it becomes part of me, comes out in my music. Wherever it… — Trombone Shorty Day Copy Share Image
When we're ready to do the dress rehearsal, we'll rehearse in the dark. No lights. The reason why I do that is… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I didn't know what the word 'genre' meant till I was twenty years old. — Trombone Shorty Genre Copy Share Image
New Orleans is like a big musical gumbo. The sound I have is from being in the city my whole life. — Trombone Shorty Being 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… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
The music always takes us to different places. We'll just continue to play and see what doors open from there. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
In New Orleans, we celebrate everything. It's probably the only place you'll see people dancing in a funeral home. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
We have to let the younger generations take our music - and approach it the way they want - but just teach… — Trombone Shorty Approach Copy Share Image
What's crazy about my life is that the biggest things that have happened just happen. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
We don't want to be hot; we want to last - because eventually hot gets cooled down. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I grew up right in the heart of Treme, so it was a real music neighborhood, and there was a bunch of… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
We really practice music and work really hard. Sometimes we'll leave at six in the morning, and we started at three the… — Trombone Shorty Day Copy Share Image
We didn't know music had all these names. We made up SupaFunkRock on a plane when a flight attendant asked us what… — 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 Being Copy Share Image
One thing I've learned in life is that natural talent only takes you so far, and I've always wanted to grow. — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
I've grown up in the Treme, and I played in a bunch of brass bands. My brother, James Andrews, had a brass… — 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 Music Copy Share Image
I've had a strong will power to become one of the best. And I'm not gonna let nothing stop me from going… — Trombone Shorty Copy Share Image
