"But you listen to Coltrane and that's something……" — Wynton Marsalis
"But you listen to Coltrane and that's something human, something that's about elevation. It's like making love to a woman. It's about something of value, it's not just loud. It doesn't have that violent connotation to it. I wanted to be a jazz musician so bad, but I really couldn't. There was no way I could figure out to learn how to play."
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130 Quotes by Wynton Marsalis
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Love is the spiritual essence of what we do. Technique is the manifestation of the preparation and investment as a…
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I think that virtuosity is the first sign of morality in a musician. It means you're serious enough to practice.
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