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" The musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my head, and they did. "
Wynton Marsalis
Me
Than
Older
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" My father is a jazz musician, so I grew up hearing jazz. My parents loved it, but I didn't like it. It went on for too long. Yes, I had certain teachers that really inspired me, like Danny Barker, and John Longo. And I had no idea that I would have any impact on jazz. "
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Long
Parents
Me
" Don't wish for someone else to do later what you can do now. "
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Someone
Now
Later
" Thank the good Lord for a job. "
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Lord
Good
Thank
" 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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Democracy
Complacency
Corruption
" I almost never watch TV, except for '60 Minutes' and pro football. I love Drew Brees, the Manning brothers and the Steelers' linebackers. "
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Watch
Never
TV
" Jazz is not the kind of music you are going to learn to play in three or four years or that you can just get because you have some talent for music. "
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You
Jazz
Music
" Maybe the preoccupation with technological progress has overshadowed our concern with human progress. "
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Maybe
Technological
Human
" What I've learned how to do as I've gotten older is to take all of the information that I have, and push it aside, and try to distill each song into an emotional theme. The hardest thing that I've ever had to learn how to do in playing music is use the sound of my instrument to create an emotional effect. "
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Information
Create
Song
" The bandstand is a sacred place. "
Wynton Marsalis
Bandstand
Place
Sacred
" Only a few act - the rest of us reap the benefits of their risk. "
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Reap
Act
Rest
" Duke Ellington always had a style: original, clean with interesting color combinations. He had an artist's eye. "
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Style
Color
Eye
" I had to figure out how to survive in New York, and most of my time was occupied in getting an apartment and getting money. A lot of older jazz guys looked out for me and found me gigs and places to stay. "
Wynton Marsalis
Me
Jazz
Time
" 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. "
Wynton Marsalis
Head
Tradition
Battle
" There is an idea that a mind is wasted on the arts unless it makes you good in math or science. There is some evidence that the arts might help you in math and science. "
Wynton Marsalis
Help
Evidence
Mind
" I never minded giving my opinions. They are just opinions, and I had studied music and I had strong feelings. I was happy for my opinions to join all the other opinions. But you have to be prepared for what comes back, especially if you don't agree with the dominant mythology. "
Wynton Marsalis
Music
Opinions
Strong
" The first time I ever played the trumpet in public, I played the Marine Hymn. I sounded terrible. "
Wynton Marsalis
First Time
Public
Time
" I didn't have a philosophical understanding of music until I came to New York. I didn't understand how it applied to my kind and my generation. I thought it was just old people talking. "
Wynton Marsalis
New York
Kind
Thought
" I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do. "
Wynton Marsalis
Discipline
Habit
Education
" I'm just lucky to have the type of friends and musicians and people dedicated to my music that I do. "
Wynton Marsalis
People
Musicians
Music
" A musician's whole life is to listen. "
Wynton Marsalis
Life
Listen
Musician
" 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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Easy
Time
People
" 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. "
Wynton Marsalis
Freedom
You
Spirit
" The heart of a music is its rhythm. The heart of rhythm section music is the rhythm. "
Wynton Marsalis
Music
Rhythm
Section
" 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?' "
Wynton Marsalis
School
High School
Great
" Through improvisation, jazz teaches you about yourself. And through swing, it teaches you that other people are individuals too. It teaches you how to coordinate with them. "
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Yourself
Swing
How
" I generally work right up to when I have to do something - I'm always doing a lot. "
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Doing
Lot
Up
" You need a team. You need people to push you. You need opponents. "
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Team
Push
People
" Many of our greatest musicians abandoned all of their aesthetic objectives to try to become pertinent. And, at the end of the day, they never became pop stars. I counter stated that very strongly, and I continue to do that. "
Wynton Marsalis
Stars
End Of The Day
End
" There really have only ever been a few people in each generation who step out, are willing to put themselves on the line, and risk everything for their beliefs. "
Wynton Marsalis
People
Step
Risk
" Jazz music creates so many phenomenal figures. "
Wynton Marsalis
Figures
Jazz
Phenomenal