"Whenever you face a man who's playing your……" — Wynton Marsalis
"Whenever you face a man who's playing your instrument, there's a competition."
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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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More Competition Quotes
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one of 1,541 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Competitions are for horses, not artists.
— Bela Bartok
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I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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They will come to learn in the end, at their own expense, that it is better to endure competition for…
— Frederic Bastiat
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Competition makes things come out right. Well, what does that mean in health care? More hospitals so they compete with…
— Donald Berwick
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There is a charm in making a stew, to the unaccustomed cook, from the excitement of wondering what the result…
— Annie Besant
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I started singing about three years ago, I entered a local singing competition called Stratford Idol. The other people in…
— Justin Bieber
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No one intimidates me because I'm not trying to do what you do, because I can't do what you do.…
— Mary J. Blige
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But anybody who steps into the lane beside you is the biggest competition because they made it to the finals.
— Usain Bolt
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Every quarterback can throw a ball; every running back can run; every receiver is fast; but that mental toughness that…
— Tom Brady
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Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank.
— Richard Branson
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Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding…
— Richard Branson
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The allegedly 'classy' magazines often seem to be in an endless, undeclared competition to see who can climb furthest up…
— Julie Burchill
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