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" That always has been one of my dreams, to be able to appeal to a bunch of people. "
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Been
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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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" New Orleans is like my blood; it's not going anywhere. And then I just take different things that I've learned over the years and add them to what I'm doing with the natural New Orleans sound. "
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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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" Everything is a learning experience for me. "
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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 think The Meters are like The Beatles to us in New Orleans, you know. "
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" New Orleans made me who I am. "
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" No matter what kinds of problems we might be going through, or what kinds of problems the world might be going through, music is the place where we can all get along. We can all jam. "
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" All New Orleans music is based off dance music, even jazz. "
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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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" 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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" 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'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
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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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" I have to continue to make the older musicians proud and brush up on my skills. "
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" As a musician, as a horn player, sometimes I even get bored listening to all instrumental music. "
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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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" The only thing we try and do is just be a part of the gumbo that New Orleans is. "
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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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Education
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" Most people don't even know what a trombone is. It's not that popular as a front instrument... I picked it up and fell in love with it as a kid. It's a difficult instrument, but I like doing things that seem impossible. "
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