"If you're not making mistakes, you're not trying." — Wynton Marsalis

"If you're not making mistakes, you're not trying."

— 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 Inspirational Quotes

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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