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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. "

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

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" 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. "

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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. "

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" New Orleans made me who I am. "

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

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

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" Being jazz-trained, things happen spontaneously. Even though it's funk rock, we still have the instincts of a jazz musician. "

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" Since I'm born here, my music will always have some New Orleans elements. "

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" From the food to the Mardi Gras Indians to the brass bands and the second liners parading through the street, Jazz Fest presents New Orleans in one place. "

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" I never really listened to any particular trombone players. "

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" To be able to do what you truly love for a living is a gift. "

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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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" We have to let the younger generations take our music - and approach it the way they want - but just teach them where it all comes from. "

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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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" 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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" When I was a kid, my friends and I formed a band, Trombone Shorty's Brass Band. When I was six, I was a bandleader for my brother's band. "

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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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" 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. "

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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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" Everything is a learning experience for me. "

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

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

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

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" We didn't know music had all these names. We made up SupaFunkRock on a plane when a flight attendant asked us what we play. "

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" My grandfather influenced my brother, and my brother was my biggest influence. "

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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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" It's very important to me that I at least know the history of the music. "

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" Actually, I started off playing by ear and being around a bunch of musicians playing in the streets in the different parades. "

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" You always want to learn, you know. "

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