Balance Quote by Wynton Marsalis

The philosophy of jazz represents tolerance, teamwork and inclusion. That's what America is about. The music reflects that.

— Anonymous

The courts are supposed to be the inferior branch of our three branches of government.

— Matthew Whitaker

Beyond that, it gets down to the nuts and bolts of discipline - not a tradition or genre, I don't care about that, actually…

— Vijay Iyer

I want to note that, historically, the make-up of the court has changed just as elected branches have change.

— Sam Brownback

People like Art Blakey and Buddy Rich, you look at them playing music, and it's just like looking at a heavy metal drummer. I…

— Damien Chazelle

The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of government.

— Todd Akin

If you mess around with jazz, you better have a good drummer and a good bass player.

— Gunther Schuller

There's so much spirit of integration and democracy in jazz.

— Wynton Marsalis

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— Allan Holdsworth

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— Herb Alpert

I think jazz is a beautiful, democratic music. It encourages musicians with very strong, and many times, very different points of view to work…

— Marcus Miller

The cool thing is that jazz is really a wonderful example of the great characteristics of Buddhism and great characteristics of the human spirit.…

— Herbie Hancock