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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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During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must…
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You have to work and think about how we can make this world a better place for all. This is what I'd…
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We encourage China to engage as a good global citizen and we are clear-eyed about where differences do lie.
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What comes forth from you as an artist cannot be controlled. But you have responsibilities as a global citizen. Your history dictates…
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I thought of myself as a global citizen.
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I was born in Brazil, I was an American citizen for about 10 years. I thought of myself as a global citizen.
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We have started something called the Corporate Services Corps. Now, it was modeled after the Peace Corps from long ago, the 1960s.…
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I am often asked what can people do to become a good global citizen? I reply that it begins in your own…
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What I'd love to do is work with kids in the U.S. to raise their awareness and encourage them to be global…
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I think I'm a global citizen. My parents came from China, were educated in France and emigrated to the United States. And…
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