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" The rebuilding of New Orleans is an important point in the history of the United States. "
Wynton Marsalis
History
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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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" 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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" 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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" There's so much spirit of integration and democracy in jazz. "
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Democracy
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" I think that the blues is in everything, so it's not possible to neglect it. You hear somebody go 'Ooh ooh oooh,' and that's the blues. You hear a rock n' roll song. That's the blues. Somebody playing a guitar solo? They're playing the blues. "
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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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" I generally work right up to when I have to do something - I'm always doing a lot. "
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Lot
Up
" 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
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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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Jazz
Art
Way
" 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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" There's always the cliche of the choir shouting and clapping. OK, you have to do that, but there's also introspective parts, parts where you just follow someone that's preaching. There's lots of different emotions and moods that a service requires. "
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Someone
Service
You
" When you create change with your point of view, you have to be ready for what comes with that. "
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View
You
" The best way to be, is to do. "
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Way
Best Way
Best
" 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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" I sounded like myself. People be saying I sound like Miles or Clifford Brown. "
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Saying
People
" It was Dr. King's tireless activism that fostered our modern way of relating to one another. "
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" 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. "
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" Don't wish for someone else to do later what you can do now. "
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Now
Later
" 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
" Whenever you face a man who's playing your instrument, there's a competition. "
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Competition
You
" I'm just lucky to have the type of friends and musicians and people dedicated to my music that I do. "
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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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" Maybe the preoccupation with technological progress has overshadowed our concern with human progress. "
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" When did we begin to lose faith in our ability to effect change? "
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" I feel like a lot of the fundamental material, I've assimilated. So now the question is: Am I going to really get into my spiritual inheritance of music and really develop my abilities? "
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" The bandstand is a sacred place. "
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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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" 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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" Don't settle for style. Succeed in substance. "
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