Cutting Quote by Wynton Marsalis

And as I got older and played more, people began to forget about my age and took the music more seriously.

— Jonny Lang

I had a lot of older musicians looking out for me, teaching me, and showing me things when they saw how interested I was…

— Trombone Shorty

I didn't really think my music was good enough to be heard by anyone. I had some friends who were releasing records who were…

— Bonobo

Musicians always respected me because they knew I'm a huge music lover and I know what I'm talking about.

— Perez Hilton

The old-timers schooled me good. They brainwashed me to respect music, whether we were playing rockabilly or blues or rock and roll.

— Dr. John

They weren't musicians or anything, but my dad was a big music fan and so was my mom.

— Uncle Kracker

I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In the process, I always tried to maintain my curiosity…

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

From a small child to right now - I mean, when I was five years old, Red Norville, Tal Farlow, Charles Mingus, Les Paul,…

— Steve Miller

I had a chance to play with the best musicians that were coming through because I was pretty good myself or else they wouldn't…

— Louis Armstrong

We're genuinely happy if some musicians of this younger generation are influenced by our music, as we were ourselves influenced 10 years ago by…

— Thomas Bangalter

I've always had a very great appreciation for older music. That's honestly where a lot of my musical instincts come from.

— Benson Boone

The musicians I really looked up to as a kid were the ones who could play everything.

— Kamasi Washington