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" Australia is one of my favorite places to play - it's a crazy experience. "

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" Music for us is a place of joy. Bringin' joy... that's what we are all about. "

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" I'm always trying to emulate guitar. Especially when I'm playing the trombone, that's what I think about. Like, I listen to guitar players every day: Warren Haynes, Lenny Kravitz, Prince, different people. And I'm always trying to find out a way how I can get my trombone to sound like that. "

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" Music should be pushed forward. "

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" We have to let the younger generations take our music - and approach it the way they want - but just teach them where it all comes from. "

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" I listen to Nine Inch Nails, Green Day, U2, and it becomes part of me, comes out in my music. Wherever it goes, there will always be the fabric of New Orleans in it. "

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" When I play the trumpet, I'm in a different character. "

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" What's crazy about my life is that the biggest things that have happened just happen. "

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" When we're ready to do the dress rehearsal, we'll rehearse in the dark. No lights. The reason why I do that is because I don't want the band to rely on me for anything. 'Cause anything can happen - I might stop singing or unplug the mic, just so everybody knows: Keep going, no matter what. "

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" I grew up listening to the Neville Brothers and the Rebirth Brass Band. "

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" I have to continue to make the older musicians proud and brush up on my skills. "

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" Sometimes it's very hard for other New Orleans musicians to break out. It starts with the musician. They have to be willing to take a risk. Playing in the city, you can get comfortable. You think things are going well, but you're always in the city. "

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" We really practice music and work really hard. Sometimes we'll leave at six in the morning, and we started at three the day before. "

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" I may be taking a different approach, being a guy leading a band with a trombone, but if you take that out of it and put in a guitar or keyboard, it would be considered funk-rock music. "

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" In New Orleans, we like to interact with the crowd. We don't like people sitting down. "

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" Since I'm born here, my music will always have some New Orleans elements. "

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" I just play music. That makes my whole day. I can practice and be happy. "

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" I've dreamed a lot of things and a lot of them have come true. The Grammy nomination was the last thing on my list before I had to write a new one. So I'm working on a new one. "

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" I don't know what America would be without New Orleans and the music. "

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" I always dreamed of playing a show with Bono and Edge and the guys in Green Day. "

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" Life would be pretty boring if I didn't explore. It's about letting my ears take me on an adventure to soak in everything I can. "

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" That always has been one of my dreams, to be able to appeal to a bunch of people. "

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" At the end of the day, I'm a New Orleans musician. Whatever that means. "

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" I've been playing music since I was four, so it's part of my life. It's all I know. It's just a part of my everyday living. "

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" I just wanted to keep growing and touring with my band. "

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" My only time off is when I'm sleeping. "

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" I spent a lot of time with the Neville Brothers and Dr. John and different people. They play different styles of music, and it allowed me to learn different styles. "

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" I was listening to Ministry and Garth Brooks and Charlie Pride and Wynton Marsalis, and then I would listen to Juvenile or Lil Wayne. It's just that I'm a big fan of music. I'm a student of music. And I just want to learn and keep enhancing my education about the music. "

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" It's like drinking water. You have to have water every day, and music is like water for me. "

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" New Orleans is like a big musical gumbo. The sound I have is from being in the city my whole life. "

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" New Orleans made me who I am. "

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