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" Australia is one of my favorite places to play - it's a crazy experience. "
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Crazy
Australia
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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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Joy
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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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Think
Day
Find
" Music should be pushed forward. "
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Pushed
Music
Forward
" 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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Take
Music
Way
" 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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Always
Green
Me
" When I play the trumpet, I'm in a different character. "
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Play
Different
Character
" What's crazy about my life is that the biggest things that have happened just happen. "
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Happen
Things
Life
" 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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Dark
Dress
Keep Going
" I grew up listening to the Neville Brothers and the Rebirth Brass Band. "
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Up
Band
Brothers
" I have to continue to make the older musicians proud and brush up on my skills. "
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Musicians
Older
Proud
" 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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New
Musicians
City
" 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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Day
Practice
Morning
" 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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Music
Different
Guitar
" In New Orleans, we like to interact with the crowd. We don't like people sitting down. "
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People
New Orleans
Sitting
" Since I'm born here, my music will always have some New Orleans elements. "
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Always
Music
Born
" I just play music. That makes my whole day. I can practice and be happy. "
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Day
Practice
Music
" 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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True
Last
Working
" I don't know what America would be without New Orleans and the music. "
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New
America
Know
" I always dreamed of playing a show with Bono and Edge and the guys in Green Day. "
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Edge
Always
Show
" 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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Adventure
Boring
Ears
" That always has been one of my dreams, to be able to appeal to a bunch of people. "
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Been
Always
Able
" At the end of the day, I'm a New Orleans musician. Whatever that means. "
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Whatever
New
End Of The Day
" 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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My Life
Living
Four
" I just wanted to keep growing and touring with my band. "
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Growing
Wanted
Keep
" My only time off is when I'm sleeping. "
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Time
Only
Only Time
" 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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Time
Learn
Play
" 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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Want
Education
Pride
" It's like drinking water. You have to have water every day, and music is like water for me. "
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Every Day
You
Water
" 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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Sound
New Orleans
Big
" New Orleans made me who I am. "
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I Am
Made
Me