Trumpet players see each other, and it's like we're getting ready to square off or get into a fight or something.

Quote by Wynton Marsalis

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What I really have in my head, my imagination, my understanding of music, I never...

What I really have in my head, my imagination, my understanding of music, I never...

Thank the good Lord for a job.

Thank the good Lord for a job.

My daddy expected that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world...

My daddy expected that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world...

Whenever you face a man who's playing your instrument, there's a competition.

Whenever you face a man who's playing your instrument, there's a competition.

Don't settle for style. Succeed in substance.

Don't settle for style. Succeed in substance.

Don't wish for someone else to do later what you can do now.

Don't wish for someone else to do later what you can do now.

There really have only ever been a few people in each generation who step out,...

There really have only ever been a few people in each generation who step out,...

It was Dr. King's tireless activism that fostered our modern way of relating to one...

It was Dr. King's tireless activism that fostered our modern way of relating to one...

I wanted to make somebody feel like Coltrane made me feel, listening to it.

I wanted to make somebody feel like Coltrane made me feel, listening to it.

I dress up a certain way because I respect the music.

I dress up a certain way because I respect the music.

The rebuilding of New Orleans is an important point in the history of the United...

The rebuilding of New Orleans is an important point in the history of the United...

When did we begin to lose faith in our ability to effect change?

When did we begin to lose faith in our ability to effect change?

What, other than injustice, could be the reason that the displaced citizens of New Orleans...

What, other than injustice, could be the reason that the displaced citizens of New Orleans...

The best way to be, is to do.

The best way to be, is to do.

People have taken time out of their day and spent their money to come sit...

People have taken time out of their day and spent their money to come sit...

Jazz is not the kind of music you are going to learn to play in...

Jazz is not the kind of music you are going to learn to play in...

It's important to address young people in the reopening of New Orleans. In rebuilding, let's...

It's important to address young people in the reopening of New Orleans. In rebuilding, let's...

I didn't want to get that ring around my lips from practicing the trumpet, because...

I didn't want to get that ring around my lips from practicing the trumpet, because...

There was one thing Beethoven didn't do. When one of his string quartets was played,...

There was one thing Beethoven didn't do. When one of his string quartets was played,...

The musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my...

The musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my...