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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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Music

" I'm always trying to emulate guitar. Especially when I'm playing the trombone, that's what I think about. Like, I listen to guitar players every day: Warren Haynes, Lenny Kravitz, Prince, different people. And I'm always trying to find out a way how I can get my trombone to sound like that. "

" I got a chance to work with Mystikal and Mannie Fresh and Juvenile and all these people as I was growing up, and so that really influenced everything I do. "

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

" My only time off is when I'm sleeping. "

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

" As a musician, as a horn player, sometimes I even get bored listening to all instrumental music. "

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

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My parents pushed me toward trombone because they didn't need another trumpet player. "

" 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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" New Orleans made me who I am. "

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" I was nurtured to play music pretty much from birth. "

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

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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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