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Other Quotes by Wynton Marsalis
- As long as there is democracy, there will be people wanting to play jazz because nothing else will ever so perfectly capture the democratic process…
- Flexibility is an essential part of Jazz. It's what gives Jazz music the ability to combine with all other types of music and not lose…
- One thing about excellence, it&Mac226;s an exclusive club. And it&Mac226;s only for those who really want to pay dues to the s--. My daddy told…
- 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…
- Trumpet players see each other, and it's like we're getting ready to square off or get into a fight or something.
- What, other than injustice, could be the reason that the displaced citizens of New Orleans cannot be accommodated by the richest nation in the world?
- I never minded giving my opinions. They are just opinions, and I had studied music and I had strong feelings. I was happy for my…
- The blues. It runs through all American music. Somebody bending the note. The other is the two-beat groove. It's in New Orleans music, it's in…
- As a jazz musician, you have individual power to create the sound. You also have a responsibility to function in the context of other people…
More Other Quotes
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- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour