"We always hear about the rights of democracy,……" — Wynton Marsalis
"We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation."
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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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For a person as obsessed with music as I am, I always hear a song in the back of my…
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When I was 14, I thought I looked terrible. I wore these typical Slavic shoes with metal bottoms so you…
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Behind the proscenium arch, you can't always hear what people in the audience are saying.
— Billy Connolly
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I have the worst ear for criticism, even when I have created a stage set I like, I always hear…
— Cecil Beaton
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Always hear the 'Yes' in the 'No'.
— Marshall B. Rosenberg
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You always hear the phrase, money doesn't buy you happiness. But I always in the back of my mind figured…
— Sergey Brin
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We who are quotatious are never truly alone, but always hear the cheerful flow of remarks made by dead writers…
— Joseph Epstein
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When Billie Holiday sings a song, I hear the song, but I always hear her and her truth.
— Tom Wopat
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But there is that certain something about wanting to do the will of God. If one is sincere and if…
— Maria von Trapp
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When there is a river in your growing up, you probably always hear it
— Ann Zwinger
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You always hear these stories of how Hollywood is so merciless on composers and how they all get beaten up.…
— Hans Zimmer
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May I always hear that you are following the guidance of that blessed Spirit that will lead you into all…
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