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" I was given a horn at an early age. I never really got a chance to think about doing anything else until I was about 18, when I realized I could do something else if I wanted to. In my teens, I was rolling in it. "

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" Hopefully, I can stay around a lot of young musicians and feed off of them. "

" I could just play my horn in my room for 20 minutes a day, and I will be happy. "

" 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. "

" You always want to learn, you know. "

" I'm very proud of 'Backatown,' and usually I don't like to listen to my records. "

" Music should be pushed forward. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Certain jazz musicians just copy what was done 100 years ago. The music won't grow if nobody takes a risk. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" If I have to be considered any type of jazz artist, it would be New Orleans jazz because New Orleans jazz never forgot that jazz is dance music and jazz is fun. I'm more influenced by that style of jazz than anything else. "

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

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

" If people aren't dancing, we're not doing our job. "

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

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

" In New Orleans, we celebrate everything. It's probably the only place you'll see people dancing in a funeral home. "

" Whenever we can, we try to talk to students. If I can, I'll invite kids from a school to a sound check and take questions from them. I want to show them it's cool to play the trombone. Kids are influenced by what's accessible to them. It's hard for kids to be introduced to music other than what they see on TV and video. "

" 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. "

" I just don't like looking at the crowd and seeing them just staring and listening to the music. When I get them involved, whatever type of music I'm playing, they leave there feeling better. "

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

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

" No matter what setting I play in, I will always be New Orleans. It's one of the only cities where you can hang out with the Marsalis family, the Neville brothers, whoever it might be, and we all play together. "

" One thing I've learned in life is that natural talent only takes you so far, and I've always wanted to grow. "