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" If people aren't dancing, we're not doing our job. "
Trombone Shorty
Job
Doing
Dancing
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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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" 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'm very proud of my band and my musicians. "
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" 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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Boring
Ears
" I never really listened to any particular trombone players. "
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" Music brings unity. "
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" I grew up listening to the Neville Brothers and the Rebirth Brass Band. "
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Band
Brothers
" 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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" Hopefully, I can stay around a lot of young musicians and feed off of them. "
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Stay
Off
" Everyone who hears our music loves it, but how many people get to hear it? "
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People
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" 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. "
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Style
Fun
" When I'm creating a song, I'm thinking of a hip-hop beat playing on a live drum set - kinda like the Roots would do. I will put New Orleans music on top of that with some other rhythms. "
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Song
Thinking
" People seem to absorb my sound. It feels like they're one with me. "
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Like
Sound
" 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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Better
People
Studying
" All New Orleans music is based off dance music, even jazz. "
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New
Jazz
New Orleans
" 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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Life
Day
Brother
" 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
" 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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Best
Me
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Good
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Born
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Trying
New Orleans
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" 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. "
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Music
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Happy
Will
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Bored
Even
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Things
Life