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" There's a lot of music at my fingertips that I can be influenced by. And just because I play a horn, I don't need to sound, or try to capture, what was happening before me. I can just respect it and learn from it. "

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" When we're ready to do the dress rehearsal, we'll rehearse in the dark. No lights. The reason why I do that is because I don't want the band to rely on me for anything. 'Cause anything can happen - I might stop singing or unplug the mic, just so everybody knows: Keep going, no matter what. "

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" One thing I've learned in life is that natural talent only takes you so far, and I've always wanted to grow. "

" I was given a horn at an early age. I never really got a chance to think about doing anything else until I was about 18, when I realized I could do something else if I wanted to. In my teens, I was rolling in it. "

" What's crazy about my life is that the biggest things that have happened just happen. "

" 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. "

" I have to continue to make the older musicians proud and brush up on my skills. "

" It's like drinking water. You have to have water every day, and music is like water for me. "

" 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. "

" People get caught up in recreating something, and that actually hurts the genre of music because there's nothing new. "

" I just play music. That makes my whole day. I can practice and be happy. "

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

" I need New Orleans. And New Orleans needs me. "

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" That's the way New Orleans is. It's driven by the music. "

" 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. "

" New Orleans is like a big musical gumbo. The sound I have is from being in the city my whole life. "

" 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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" I don't know what America would be without New Orleans and the music. "

" Australia is one of my favorite places to play - it's a crazy experience. "

" I've grown up in the Treme, and I played in a bunch of brass bands. My brother, James Andrews, had a brass band. "

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" When you start playing as young as me, and you've been in front of audiences your entire life, this is literally what I grew up doing. "

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" I grew up right in the heart of Treme, so it was a real music neighborhood, and there was a bunch of bands like the Dirty Dozen Brass Band around. "

" Life would be pretty boring if I didn't explore. It's about letting my ears take me on an adventure to soak in everything I can. "

" I just want to spearhead and lead a new style of New Orleans music. "

" I'm very proud of my band and my musicians. "

" 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. "

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

" In New Orleans, people are still influenced by one another. You got these bands that play every week on Frenchmen Street, and on their breaks, they might go see the reggae band that's right next door. You might get the musicians from the reggae band to sit in with the brass musicians. Everyone is having fun. "

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

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" We really practice music and work really hard. Sometimes we'll leave at six in the morning, and we started at three the day before. "

" 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. "