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Your Quotes by Wynton Marsalis
- 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.
- Whenever you face a man who's playing your instrument, there's a competition.
- There are forces all around you who wish to exploit division, rob you of your freedom, and tell you what to think. But young folks…
- The nerves are a problem on trumpet, because when you mess up everyone can hear it. Just remember most people are too polite to say…
- Don't worry about what others say about your music. Pursue whatever you are hearing... but if everybody really hates your music maybe you could try…
- Everything comes out in blues music: joy, pain, struggle. Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance. It's about a man and a woman. So the pain…
- My thing is, once you start to put a backbeat on your music or something that has a machine in it, you have popularity, but…
- Swing is extreme coordination. It's a maintaining balance, equilibrium. It's about executing very difficult rhythms with a panache and a feeling in the context of…
- When you create change with your point of view, you have to be ready for what comes with that.
More Your Quotes
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in… — Aristophanes
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those fears usually… — Adam Arkin
- To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail. — Giorgio Armani
- It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want, but it… — Kevyn Aucoin
- You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky. — Paul Auster
- Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it. — Richard Bach
- It is by not always thinking of yourself, if you can manage it, that you might somehow be happy. Until you make… — Richard Bach