« All Highlights Quotes
·
Wynton Marsalis's Page
Highlights Quotes by Wynton Marsalis
1 Highlights quote by Wynton Marsalis
More Quotes by Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis has 130 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
-
Love is the spiritual essence of what we do. Technique is the manifestation of the preparation and investment as a result of…
-
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…
-
Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes down from…
-
Music is always for the listener, but the first listener is always the musician
-
The first jazz musician was a trumpeter, Buddy Bolden, and the last will be a trumpeter, the archangel Gabriel.
-
I think that virtuosity is the first sign of morality in a musician. It means you're serious enough to practice.
-
As long as there is democracy, there will be people wanting to play jazz because nothing else will ever so perfectly capture…
-
I always read all these books about the slaves. My mother is very educated. My father would talk to us like we…
-
New Orleans had a great tradition of celebration. Opera, military marching bands, folk music, the blues, different types of church music, ragtime,…
-
Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about.
-
Blues is like the roux in a gumbo. People ask me if jazz always has the blues in it. I say, if…
-
I hope it might help players have confidence in our own ways, and not to be afraid of them, as Bernstein showed…
See all 130 quotes by Wynton Marsalis »
More Highlights Quotes
Popular Highlights quotes from across the collection:
-
It's incredible to have been part of fashion history - my whole career has been one big highlight.
— Helena Christensen
-
Westerners often laud their children as 'talented' or 'gifted', while Asian parents highlight the importance of hard work. And in fact, research…
— Amy Chua
-
I love the melodies in the Old Testament, how preachers highlight them when they read from the Scripture. But I was influenced…
— Maya Angelou
-
Coffee is the highlight of my day. After coffee everything is downhill.
— Bill Simmons
-
For me war has become a flat, black depression without highlights, a revulsion of the mind and an exhaustion of the spirit.
— Ernie Pyle
-
Since Christ is the only way to the Father, in order to highlight His living and saving presence in the Church and…
— Pope John Paul II
-
I recorded my hair this morning, tonight I'm watching the highlights
— Jay London
-
I think to just single out a highlight of Elvis's career is pretty much impossible. As far as being a fan of…
— Jackie DeShannon
-
As photographers, we live through things so swiftly. All our experience and training is focused toward snatching off the highlights... That all…
— Margaret Bourke-White
-
We'll have more football later. Meanwhile, here are the highlights from the Scottish Cup final.
— Gary Newbon
-
I'll be gray by the time I'm 30, but I like my hair. It looks shiny. I like the way it looks…
— Irene Cara
-
I've had people tell me to get Mystic Tan, blonde highlights, choppy haircuts, but I've made a conscious decision not to cave.
— Kat Dennings
See all Highlights Quotes »
Check Out More Highlights Quotes by Other Authors
Browse Wynton Marsalis Quotes by Category