"The best way to be, is to do." — Wynton Marsalis

"The best way to be, is to do."

— Wynton Marsalis

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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…
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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