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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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" We're not really trying to do anything besides represent where we come from, and that's New Orleans. "

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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 didn't grow up during the time that Louis Armstrong or Miles Davis and all those people were playing. So it's not really my responsibility to keep it up, what they were doing. "

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" People seem to absorb my sound. It feels like they're one with me. "

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" Most people don't even know what a trombone is. It's not that popular as a front instrument... I picked it up and fell in love with it as a kid. It's a difficult instrument, but I like doing things that seem impossible. "

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" New Orleans made me who I am. "

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" I love to play. That's always been my passion. "

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" As a musician, as a horn player, sometimes I even get bored listening to all instrumental music. "

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" When you start playing as young as me, and you've been in front of audiences your entire life, this is literally what I grew up doing. "

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" The music always takes us to different places. We'll just continue to play and see what doors open from there. "

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" To be able to do what you truly love for a living is a gift. "

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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'm very proud of my band and my musicians. "

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" Music is changing. I'm just doing what I'm doing, and hopefully in the next 20, 30 years, some kids can take what I'm doing and change it again. If the music doesn't move, then it's dead. "

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" As a kid, I would wake up, and there'd be a jazz funeral while I'm walking to school. And when I come home, you can find Rebirth band playing for a birthday party the same day. "

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" We had a bunch of instruments around the house. Like, I played different instruments, trumpet, bass, drums, piano, all that, but whatever I could get my hands on. "

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" No matter what kinds of problems we might be going through, or what kinds of problems the world might be going through, music is the place where we can all get along. We can all jam. "

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

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

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" From the food to the Mardi Gras Indians to the brass bands and the second liners parading through the street, Jazz Fest presents New Orleans in one place. "

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" Being jazz-trained, things happen spontaneously. Even though it's funk rock, we still have the instincts of a jazz musician. "

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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 just want to spearhead and lead a new style of New Orleans music. "

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

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

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" Rock guitar is one of my favourite sounds. "

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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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" When I was a kid, my friends and I formed a band, Trombone Shorty's Brass Band. When I was six, I was a bandleader for my brother's band. "

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" I've grown up in the Treme, and I played in a bunch of brass bands. My brother, James Andrews, had a brass band. "

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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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