"Don't settle for style. Succeed in substance." — Wynton Marsalis

"Don't settle for style. Succeed in substance."

— Wynton Marsalis

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130 Quotes by Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis has 130 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Love is the spiritual essence of what we do. Technique is the manifestation of the preparation and investment as a…
And that's the soulful thing about playing: you offer something to somebody. You don't know if they'll like it, but…
Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes…
Music is always for the listener, but the first listener is always the musician
The first jazz musician was a trumpeter, Buddy Bolden, and the last will be a trumpeter, the archangel Gabriel.
I think that virtuosity is the first sign of morality in a musician. It means you're serious enough to practice.
As long as there is democracy, there will be people wanting to play jazz because nothing else will ever so…
I always read all these books about the slaves. My mother is very educated. My father would talk to us…
New Orleans had a great tradition of celebration. Opera, military marching bands, folk music, the blues, different types of church…
Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about.
Blues is like the roux in a gumbo. People ask me if jazz always has the blues in it. I…
I hope it might help players have confidence in our own ways, and not to be afraid of them, as…

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More Music Quotes

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I love recording music. — J. J. Abrams
Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle. — Billie Joe Armstrong
What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music,… — Billie Joe Armstrong
I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to… — Billie Joe Armstrong
Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted. — Billie Joe Armstrong
There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no… — Billie Joe Armstrong
For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'. — Billie Joe Armstrong
Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them. — Louis Armstrong
All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song. — Louis Armstrong
What we play is life. — Louis Armstrong
If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know. — Louis Armstrong
We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself. — Louis Armstrong

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