Black Quote by Miles Davis

My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and…

— Dick Dale

When I play the trumpet, I'm in a different character.

— Trombone Shorty

Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.

— Miles Davis

I'm a terrible trumpet player.

— Ray Stevens

As a musician, your instrument is almost predetermined. I had played drums, piano, clarinet, but when I heard Wayne Shorter play the saxophone, I…

— Kamasi Washington

In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made…

— Miles Davis

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

Nobody else even approaches the trumpet like [Sweets Edison] does: Never too much and always plenty. He's the greatest trumpet player to play along…

— Ella Fitzgerald

I'm always trying to emulate guitar. Especially when I'm playing the trombone, that's what I think about. Like, I listen to guitar players every…

— Trombone Shorty

James Brown is the reason I play guitar.

— Kevin Eubanks

My father was incredible on trumpet and played with the likes of Duke Ellington and Count Basie.

— Jeffrey Osborne

[Louis Armstrong] could play a trumpet like nobody else, then put it down and sing a song like no one else could.

— Eddie Condon