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Whenever you face a man who's playing your instrument, there's a competition.

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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…
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…

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The only thing I can say that is not bullshit is that you do have to learn to write in a way… — Unknown Author
God almighty, in a few short hours we will be in battle with the enemy. We do not join battle afraid. We… — Robert Lee Wolverton
The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body. I don't leap and jump anymore.… — Martha Graham
Whenever you face a man who's playing your instrument, there's a competition. — Wynton Marsalis
Lord God...use me as Your instrument -- but do not forsake me, for if ever I should be on my own, I… — Martin Luther
Your body is your instrument, you play it expertly. — Roseanne Barr
It's true that the more you put in the more you get out and that has to be there I think, If… — Leo Kottke
Don't try to follow any trends, just concentrate on writing great songs and knowing your instrument. All the other stuff will fall… — Steven Adler
The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body. — Martha Graham
A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your… — Eddie Van Halen
Practicing is not only playing your instrument, either by yourself or rehearsing with others - it also includes imagining yourself practicing. Your… — Yo-Yo Ma
You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand,… — Charlie Parker

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