Best Wynton Marsalis Quotes
- Jazz is democracy in music. Democracy
- There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do not want to get your head cut when you're playing. Band
- Everything comes out in blues music: joy , pain , struggle . Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance. Absolute
- Those who play for applause....Tha t’s all they get. All
- When I was 12, I began listening to John Coltrane and I developed a love for jazz, which I still have more and more each… Began
- New Orleans - the real New Orleans - is the soul of the country. Country
- When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my father was known to be a great musician. When he… Auditioned
- Whenever you face a man who's playing your instrument, there's a competition. Competition
- 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 understand… Adjustment
- The real power of Jazz is that a group of people can come together and create improvised art and negotiate their agendas... and that negotiation… Agendas
- No particular music makes me feel nostalgic. If it's great, it just keeps me in the present moment. That level of music is like a… Classic
- The soul gives us resilience - an essential quality since we constantly have to rebound from hardship. Constantly
- If you're not making mistakes, you're not trying. Inspirational
- Grace Kelly plays with intelligence, wit and feeling. She has a great amount of natural ability and the ability to adapt. That is the hallmark… Ability
- What is deeper than respect and love? That’s what we felt: veneration. Deeper
- If you want to be different, do something different. Healing
- Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence. Class
- What I really have in my head, my imagination, my understanding of music, I never really get that out. Head
- Thank the good Lord for a job. Good
- Ethics are more important than laws. Ethics
- I always like to play very contemporary concepts of swing right next to New Orleans music because it highlights continuum. Always Like
- The main three components are the blues, improvisation - which is some kind of element that people are trying to make it up - and… Blues
- The majority of the high schools and the public schools in N.Y.C. don't even have band programs. Hip-hop in a lot of ways is an… Band
- There's always the cliche of the choir shouting and clapping. OK, you have to do that, but there's also introspective parts, parts where you just… Choir
- Through improvisation, jazz teaches you about yourself. And through swing, it teaches you that other people are individuals too. It teaches you how to coordinate… Coordinate
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