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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 97 quotes by Wynton Marsalis Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is a trumpeter, composer, teacher, music educator, and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, United States. Marsalis has promoted the appreciation of classical and jazz music often to young audiences. Marsalis has been awarded nine Grammys in both genres, and a jazz recording of his was the first of its kind to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Marsalis is the son of jazz... Read full biography of Wynton Marsalis → ← Ctrl 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ctrl → The musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my head, and they did. 0 The rebuilding of New Orleans is an important point in the history of the United States. 0 What I really have in my head, my imagination, my understanding of music, I never really get that out. 0 When I first came to New York everybody on the scene would treat me like I could play, but I couldn't. 0 When you create change with your point of view, you have to be ready for what comes with that. 0 There really have only ever been a few people in each generation who step out, are willing to put themselves on the line, and risk everything for... → 0 There's always the cliche of the choir shouting and clapping. OK, you have to do that, but there's also introspective parts, parts where you... → 0 When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my father was known to be a great musician. When he heard me, he said... → 0 I feel that for years of teaching in the country and reading criticism in books, I feel like the things most needed in our culture are the... → 0 I grew up in the South, and our way of dealing with each other was teasing, ribbing, making fun and scrapping in the street. Criticism doesn't... → 0 In the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra we play such a diversity of music, with 10 arrangers in the band, we don't really worry about whether... → 0 My mother always took my brothers and me to music lessons. There were six children. Our parents attended our concerts and encouraged us to study and... → 0 When me and my brother would go to see our daddy playing, there'd be 30 people in the audience. I was only 14 or 15, but I realised something was... → 0 ← Ctrl 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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