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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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" Music is changing. I'm just doing what I'm doing, and hopefully in the next 20, 30 years, some kids can take what I'm doing and change it again. If the music doesn't move, then it's dead. "

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

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" I have to continue to grow and take it to another level so the next generation has something to follow. "

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

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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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" 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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" 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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" We have to let the younger generations take our music - and approach it the way they want - but just teach them where it all comes from. "

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" 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. "

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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 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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" 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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" Music should be pushed forward. "

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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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" 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's very important to me that I at least know the history of the music. "

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" There's a lot of music at my fingertips that I can be influenced by. And just because I play a horn, I don't need to sound, or try to capture, what was happening before me. I can just respect it and learn from it. "

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" People seem to absorb my sound. It feels like they're one with me. "

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" The only thing we try and do is just be a part of the gumbo that New Orleans is. "

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

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

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" I listen to Nine Inch Nails, Green Day, U2, and it becomes part of me, comes out in my music. Wherever it goes, there will always be the fabric of New Orleans in it. "

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

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" You always want to learn, you know. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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