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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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" 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. "

" People seem to absorb my sound. It feels like they're one with me. "

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" I just don't like looking at the crowd and seeing them just staring and listening to the music. When I get them involved, whatever type of music I'm playing, they leave there feeling better. "

" We had a bunch of instruments around the house. Like, I played different instruments, trumpet, bass, drums, piano, all that, but whatever I could get my hands on. "

" We're not really trying to do anything besides represent where we come from, and that's New Orleans. "

" Certain jazz musicians just copy what was done 100 years ago. The music won't grow if nobody takes a risk. "

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

" It doesn't matter where we are. We can be marching down the streets of New Orleans, or we can be onstage in front of 15,000 people. As long as I know that I'm about to put my horn to my mouth and play some notes, that's what I most look forward to. "

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

" Music is changing. I'm just doing what I'm doing, and hopefully in the next 20, 30 years, some kids can take what I'm doing and change it again. If the music doesn't move, then it's dead. "

" I got a chance to work with Mystikal and Mannie Fresh and Juvenile and all these people as I was growing up, and so that really influenced everything I do. "

" Sometimes on my show, I just play something out of the blue, and the band picks up on it. "

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

" We come from New Orleans, so everything is emotional - for, once the music takes over, and we start blowing, we go into a different zone that takes over our whole body. "

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" The only thing we try and do is just be a part of the gumbo that New Orleans is. "

" New Orleans made me who I am. "

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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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I just wanted to keep growing and touring with my band. "

" 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. "

" I've lost a bunch of friends - some of them in jail, some of them made bad choices, some of them aren't where they should be. "

" We don't want to be hot; we want to last - because eventually hot gets cooled down. "

" I'm always trying to emulate guitar. Especially when I'm playing the trombone, that's what I think about. Like, I listen to guitar players every day: Warren Haynes, Lenny Kravitz, Prince, different people. And I'm always trying to find out a way how I can get my trombone to sound like that. "

" Hopefully, I can stay around a lot of young musicians and feed off of them. "

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