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

Quote by Wynton Marsalis

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The nerves are a problem on trumpet, because when you mess up everyone can hear...

The nerves are a problem on trumpet, because when you mess up everyone can hear...

I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the...

I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the...

We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is...

We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is...

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 have absolutely no idea what my generation did to enrich our democracy. We dropped...

I have absolutely no idea what my generation did to enrich our democracy. We dropped...

My older brother and myself always played together in bands, but we never knew we...

My older brother and myself always played together in bands, but we never knew we...

There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do...

There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do...

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.

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.

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,...

When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my...

When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Only a few act - the rest of us reap the benefits of their risk.

Only a few act - the rest of us reap the benefits of their risk.

The first time I ever played the trumpet in public, I played the Marine Hymn....

The first time I ever played the trumpet in public, I played the Marine Hymn....

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.