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" I need New Orleans. And New Orleans needs me. "
Trombone Shorty
Needs
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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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" I think The Meters are like The Beatles to us in New Orleans, you know. "
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" Everything is a learning experience for me. "
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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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" 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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" You always want to learn, you know. "
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Learn
Want
" I never really listened to any particular trombone players. "
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" I got a chance to work with Mystikal and Mannie Fresh and Juvenile and all these people as I was growing up, and so that really influenced everything I do. "
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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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Always
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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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Walking
Birthday
" I had a lot of older musicians looking out for me, teaching me, and showing me things when they saw how interested I was in music from a young age. They would take me to the side and just play some things in my ear, and I would try to play it back to them. "
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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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Always
Show
" My parents pushed me toward trombone because they didn't need another trumpet player. "
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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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Last
Working
" If I can just play, it doesn't matter where we are... Japan, Australia, or here in the neighborhood. "
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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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New
Musicians
City
" It doesn't matter where we are. We can be marching down the streets of New Orleans, or we can be onstage in front of 15,000 people. As long as I know that I'm about to put my horn to my mouth and play some notes, that's what I most look forward to. "
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People
Look
Long
" 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
" 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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Doing
Start
Me
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Love
Living
" I was nurtured to play music pretty much from birth. "
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Birth
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Music
Matter
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Records
Listen
Proud
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Grow
Follow
Take
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New Orleans
Sitting
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Gets
Hot
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Character
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Dark
Dress
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Education
Pride
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You
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