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Wynton Marsalis has 130 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Love is the spiritual essence of what we do. Technique is the manifestation of the preparation and investment as a result of…
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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…
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Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes down from…
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Music is always for the listener, but the first listener is always the musician
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The first jazz musician was a trumpeter, Buddy Bolden, and the last will be a trumpeter, the archangel Gabriel.
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I think that virtuosity is the first sign of morality in a musician. It means you're serious enough to practice.
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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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I always read all these books about the slaves. My mother is very educated. My father would talk to us like we…
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New Orleans had a great tradition of celebration. Opera, military marching bands, folk music, the blues, different types of church music, ragtime,…
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Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about.
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Blues is like the roux in a gumbo. People ask me if jazz always has the blues in it. I say, if…
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I hope it might help players have confidence in our own ways, and not to be afraid of them, as Bernstein showed…
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Classical music only really came into my life in 1969. I wish I had heard classical music and church music when I…
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New Orleans had a great tradition of celebration. Opera, military marching bands, folk music, the blues, different types of church music, ragtime,…
— Wynton Marsalis
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My influences are with Irish music, church music and classical music,
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Ours is a very eclectic offering. We're affiliated with the church but we're not just offering church music. Our philosophy is that…
— John Wright
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The most consistent musical experience I had growing up was church music.
— Amy Grant
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If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval.
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And whether you're drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent.
— Bruce Springsteen
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I have always kept one end in view, namely ... to conduct a well-regulated church music to the honour of God.
— Johann Sebastian Bach
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For four years, my mum allowed only church music in the house.
— Estelle
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I grew up the son of a Seventh Day Adventist minister, so I was really close to the church and sang church…
— Al Jarreau
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