"Ethics are more important than laws." — Wynton Marsalis

"Ethics are more important than laws."

— 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 Ethics Quotes

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The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. — Aristotle
Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel… — Mary Kay Ash
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. — Isaac Asimov
Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right… — Kate Atkinson
I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way… — Richard Bach
Respect is what we owe; love, what we give. — Philip James Bailey
Great necessities call out great virtues. — Abigail Adams
I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she… — Amy Adams
What I respect in people more than anything is work ethic. And Justin Timberlake's got that. He works his tail… — Amy Adams
You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than… — John Perry Barlow
Morality is a private and costly luxury. — Henry Adams

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