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" I'm big fans of all those musicians, B.B. King, Mick Jagger - they're all on my iPod. "

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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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" 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 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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" In New Orleans, people are still influenced by one another. You got these bands that play every week on Frenchmen Street, and on their breaks, they might go see the reggae band that's right next door. You might get the musicians from the reggae band to sit in with the brass musicians. Everyone is having fun. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" Everyone who hears our music loves it, but how many people get to hear it? "

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" I never really listened to any particular trombone players. "

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

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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 come from New Orleans, so everything is emotional - for, once the music takes over, and we start blowing, we go into a different zone that takes over our whole body. "

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" You always want to learn, you know. "

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

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" I need New Orleans. And New Orleans needs me. "

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

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" My grandfather influenced my brother, and my brother was my biggest influence. "

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

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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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" 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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" I have to continue to make the older musicians proud and brush up on my skills. "

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" Music for us is a place of joy. Bringin' joy... that's what we are all about. "

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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 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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" 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. "

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" I've lost a bunch of friends - some of them in jail, some of them made bad choices, some of them aren't where they should be. "

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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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