"People have taken time out of their day……" — Wynton Marsalis
"People have taken time out of their day and spent their money to come sit down at a concert. And it's jazz music-it's not easy for them to get to it. I don't want them ever to feel that I'm taking their presence lightly."
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130 Quotes by Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis has 130 quotes on this site.
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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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And that's the soulful thing about playing: you offer something to somebody. You don't know if they'll like it, but…
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Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes…
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Music is always for the listener, but the first listener is always the musician
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The first jazz musician was a trumpeter, Buddy Bolden, and the last will be a trumpeter, the archangel Gabriel.
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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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As long as there is democracy, there will be people wanting to play jazz because nothing else will ever so…
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I always read all these books about the slaves. My mother is very educated. My father would talk to us…
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New Orleans had a great tradition of celebration. Opera, military marching bands, folk music, the blues, different types of church…
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Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about.
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Blues is like the roux in a gumbo. People ask me if jazz always has the blues in it. I…
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I hope it might help players have confidence in our own ways, and not to be afraid of them, as…
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Come sit with me! Let us drink the holy wine of happiness.
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Well, you know what they say: if you don't have anything nice to say about anybody, come sit by me!
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If you don't have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.
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I don’t bite Marcus. You can come sit on the comfy old couch with me. That chair is incredibly uncomfortable.”…
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If you are a dreamer,come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a hoper, a prayer, a…
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IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NICE TO SAY, come sit by me and we can make fun of people together
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It hurts knowing that I once had his heart but I wasnt good enough because he chose her over me.…
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Come sit down beside me honey, let's have a little heart to heart. Now look at me and tell me…
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Can I come sit on your sofa and watch it with yoooooooooooou????
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All that ass I just be like come sit yo groceries on my counter.
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