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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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" People seem to absorb my sound. It feels like they're one with me. "
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" 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 grew up listening to the Neville Brothers and the Rebirth Brass Band. "
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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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Piano
" It's like drinking water. You have to have water every day, and music is like water for me. "
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You
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" Whatever fame or success we have right now came strictly from us playing. As long as we focus on music and not trying to be stars, I think we'll be okay. "
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" I think The Meters are like The Beatles to us in New Orleans, you know. "
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" Australia is one of my favorite places to play - it's a crazy experience. "
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" Music brings unity. "
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" Whenever I go jamming, people are looking to cut me. The young ones learn my stuff and come play it at me, and I have to learn other stuff. I feel a lot of pressure. But it's cool. It's a good pressure. "
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Cool
" 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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Look
Long
" I wanted to become a better entertainer, and I learned from my brother James Andrews. And I've been studying some tape of James Brown and different people. "
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" I didn't know what the word 'genre' meant till I was twenty years old. "
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Word
Years
" 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 was just music all day... My neighbors were musicians, and my brother and my family and everybody... It was just a musical neighborhood. I think the neighborhood was such a good family type of vibe for me that I didn't even realize some of the people weren't my real family till later on in life. "
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Day
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" Certain jazz musicians just copy what was done 100 years ago. The music won't grow if nobody takes a risk. "
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" I need New Orleans. And New Orleans needs me. "
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" You've got different people that have different views of New Orleans. When you say 'New Orleans,' you have people who just think of the Neville Brothers. You've got people that think of Louis Armstrong. You say 'New Orleans,' and you've got people that think of Lil' Wayne. "
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" Actually, I started off playing by ear and being around a bunch of musicians playing in the streets in the different parades. "
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Started
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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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" There's pride on Bourbon Street for the musicians that work there. They take it very seriously. I've never worked there or played in band there, but it's a part of the city. They play for the tourists and represent a whole different side of the culture of our city. "
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Culture
" I was put on so many different musical stages growing up that I didn't think about what kind of music we played. I just thought music was music. "
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" New Orleans made me who I am. "
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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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" Everywhere I go around the world, we have fans of New Orleans. Sometimes we go places, and people don't really know who we are, but they know New Orleans, and once we say we are from New Orleans, we have a lot of supporters. "
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" I've had a strong will power to become one of the best. And I'm not gonna let nothing stop me from going to my dream. "
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" I never really listened to any particular trombone players. "
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" My parents pushed me toward trombone because they didn't need another trumpet player. "
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" I'm very proud of my band and my musicians. "
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