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" Thank the good Lord for a job. "

Wynton Marsalis

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" The nerves are a problem on trumpet, because when you mess up everyone can hear it. Just remember most people are too polite to say anything about it. That should calm your nerves. "

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" When me and my brother would go to see our daddy playing, there'd be 30 people in the audience. I was only 14 or 15, but I realised something was wrong. "

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" There was one thing Beethoven didn't do. When one of his string quartets was played, you can believe the second violin wasn't improvising. "

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" Don't worry about what others say about your music. Pursue whatever you are hearing... but if everybody really hates your music maybe you could try some different approaches. "

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" There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do not want to get your head cut when you're playing. "

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" Ethics are more important than laws. "

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" Only a few act - the rest of us reap the benefits of their risk. "

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" Don't wish for someone else to do later what you can do now. "

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" The musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my head, and they did. "

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" When you create change with your point of view, you have to be ready for what comes with that. "

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" Jazz celebrates older generations and not just the youth movement. When you 'sell' only to people of a certain age, you get cut off from the main body of experience. "

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" Trumpet players see each other, and it's like we're getting ready to square off or get into a fight or something. "

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" The history of jazz lets us know that this period in our history is not the only period we've come through together. If we truly understood the history of our national arts, we'd know that we have mutual aspirations, a shared history, in good times and bad. "

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" Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead a nation to change. "

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" There are forces all around you who wish to exploit division, rob you of your freedom, and tell you what to think. But young folks can rekindle the weary spirit of a slumbering nation. "

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" Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are. "

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" I have absolutely no idea what my generation did to enrich our democracy. We dropped the ball. We entered a period of complacency and closed our eyes to the public corruption of our democracy. "

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" People have taken time out of their day and spent their money to come sit down at a concert. And it's jazz music-it's not easy for them to get to it. I don't want them ever to feel that I'm taking their presence lightly. "

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" When people dress well, they play well. "

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" I'm not afraid of you being yourself. That's America. "

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" When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my father was known to be a great musician. When he heard me, he said 'Are you sure you're Ellis's son?' "

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" Swing is extreme coordination. It's a maintaining balance, equilibrium. It's about executing very difficult rhythms with a panache and a feeling in the context of very strict time. So, everything about the swing is about some guideline and some grid and the elegant way that you negotiate your way through that grid. "

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" I sounded like myself. People be saying I sound like Miles or Clifford Brown. "

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" What I really have in my head, my imagination, my understanding of music, I never really get that out. "

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" When I was 12, I began listening to John Coltrane and I developed a love for jazz, which I still have more and more each year. "

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" The first time I ever played the trumpet in public, I played the Marine Hymn. I sounded terrible. "

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" I have friends who will critique me much harder than any review. "

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" Generally, when I wake up in the morning I set out a series of problems for myself and I write them down, and when I'm sleeping, my mind solves the problems. When I wake up in the morning, I have more clarity on the issue. "

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