Anyone Quote by Christian Scott Download Open image “I wouldn't argue that anyone living can play the trumpet better than Wynton Marsalis.” — Christian Scott ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Anyone Argue Better Living Play Than Trumpet
I've never heard anything Wynton [Marsalis] played sound like it meant anything at all. Wynton has no voice and no presence. His music sounds… — Keith Jarrett Copy Share Image
Wynton Marsalis' skills have grown as fast as his ambition, and he is the most ambitious younger composer in Jazz. — Jon Pareles Copy Share Image
Trumpet players are just belligerant, and cocky, and you know, just hard-headed. — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel like you can toot your own trumpet too much. I don't really like that. — Bradley Wright-Phillips Copy Share Image
My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations.… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
In my opinion, Louis Armstrong is the greatest trumpet stylist of all time and has influenced every trumpet player of his time and long… — Al Hirt Copy Share Image
The trumpet is a very violent instrument - probably one of the most archaic of all the modern instruments. It's physically really demanding: you… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
As long as I have teeth, I'll keep playing. You can't play trumpet without teeth. — Lionel Ferbos Copy Share Image
I'm not an amazing trumpet player. It's mostly smoke and mirrors. You shake the trumpet and it starts to vibrate in a ridiculous drunken… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
Even if I have a good day, I still am aware of other people that are going through really hard, tumultuous things. I don't… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
I hate the natural sound of the trumpet, but I think I'm naturally set up to be a trumpet player. I know that sounds… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
I kind of prefer to be sort of ahead of the pack checking things out, priming the canvas, if you will, for the younger… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
At Mardi Gras, the different tribes will basically play war games, and so my brother is what you call a Flag Boy, which is… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter if I ever win another award or get to play another major jazz festival in America. I would rather not garner… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
It's funny because as a composer, you want to hear your songs live on. I think a lot of times people will create a… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
People call what we do "stretch music." This is our style, and one of the newer, in vogue ways of playing creative, improvised music.… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
We didn't have much, but I was raised to believe if you had books, you had a lot. My grandfather and my parents made… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
You can't grow if you're going to say: 'The contributions of my predecessors are greater than anything I can ever achieve.' Each generation has… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
To me, trying to achieve the balance is when you become good: when you have enough technique to be able to play what is… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
Man I mean, the great thing about playing clubs in Harlem is people have an appreciation not just for the music but for the… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
I think a lot of musicians and artists are really one that really only have one trick. — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
A lot of people have been saying 'The 100' reminds them of 'Lord Of The Flies,' 'Lost' and 'Battlestar Galactica,' and all of those… — Marie Avgeropoulos Copy Share Image
Anyone who's read my 'Terror in the Skies' series knows that I have not been writing with an eye toward approval from any government… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
Becoming famous is a really shocking thing, especially when you don't have aspirations to it. It got to the point where I would try… — Alison Moyet Copy Share Image
I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
As a new mother, you're so vulnerable and make mistakes all the time. I guess there's more pressure when you're in the public eye,… — Jessica Marais Copy Share Image
I think anything that anyone writes thats any good is going to have a lot of autobiography. — Stephen Adly Guirgis Copy Share Image
When you rely on incentives, you undermine virtues. Then when you discover that you actually need people who want to do the right thing,… — Barry Schwartz Copy Share Image
Don't compare your career to anyone else's. It's tough when you're in a business that's competitive. I was having a difficult time with that… — Danielle Brooks Copy Share Image
The Syrians are better suited to sort out their internal divisions than anyone else. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
I haven't talked to any young artists for a long time. But if we did sit down, I'd definitely tell them my viewpoint. If… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image