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Ethics are more important than laws. (Wynton Marsalis)
I dress up a certain way because I respect the music. View quote
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Jazz is not the kind of music you are going to learn to play in three or four years or that you can just get because you have some talent for music. View quote
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We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us. View quote
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My daddy expected that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world a better place. He had lived in an America of continual social progress. View quote
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This rebuilding of New Orleans gives us the perfect opportunity to see if we're ready to extend the legacy of Dr. King. View quote
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I always read all these books about the slaves. My mother is very educated. My father would talk to us like we were grown men. We never knew what he was talking about half the time. View quote
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There are forces all around you who wish to exploit division, rob you of your freedom, and tell you what to think. But young folks can rekindle the weary spirit of a slumbering nation. View quote
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I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play. View quote
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Don't settle for style. Succeed in substance. View quote
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There really have only ever been a few people in each generation who step out, are willing to put themselves on the line, and risk everything for their beliefs. (Wynton Marsalis)
There was one thing Beethoven didn't do. When one of his string quartets was played, you can believe the second violin wasn't improvising. View quote
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I'm just lucky to have the type of friends and musicians and people dedicated to my music that I do. View quote
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What I really have in my head, my imagination, my understanding of music, I never really get that out. View quote
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What, other than injustice, could be the reason that the displaced citizens of New Orleans cannot be accommodated by the richest nation in the world? View quote
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It's important to address young people in the reopening of New Orleans. In rebuilding, let's revisit the potential of American democracy and American glory. View quote
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Even in these times, there are still neighbors that will turn their backs on neighbors. View quote
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I wanted to make somebody feel like Coltrane made me feel, listening to it. View quote
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The musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my head, and they did. View quote
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The first time I ever played the trumpet in public, I played the Marine Hymn. I sounded terrible. View quote
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The rebuilding of New Orleans is an important point in the history of the United States. (Wynton Marsalis)
Jazz music is America's past and its potential, summed up and sanctified and accessible to anybody who learns to listen to, feel, and understand it. The music can connect us to our earlier selves and to our better selves-to-come. It can remind us of where we fit on the time line of human achievement, an ultimate value of art. View quote
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I didn't want to get that ring around my lips from practicing the trumpet, because I thought the girls wouldn't like me. So I never practiced. View quote
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When I first came to New York everybody on the scene would treat me like I could play, but I couldn't. View quote
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It was Dr. King's tireless activism that fostered our modern way of relating to one another. View quote
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