Wynton Marsalis Quotes About Music
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A beat is a moment in the life a groove.
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Jazz music is the power of now. There is no script. It's conversation. The emotion is given to you by musicians as they make split-second decisions to fulfill what they feel the moment requires.
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We're blues people. And blues never lets tragedy have the last word.
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No particular music makes me feel nostalgic. If it's great, it just keeps me in the present moment. That level of music is like a classic story, like the Iliad-something so perfect it can never be old.
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How great musicians demonstrate a mutual respect and trust on the bandstand can alter your outlook on the world and enrich every aspect of your life, understanding what it means to be a global citizen in the most modern sense.
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I wanted to make somebody feel like Coltrane made me feel, listening to it.
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Don't settle for style. Succeed in substance.
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In Jazz, improvisation isn't a matter of just making any ol' thing up. Jazz, like any language, has its own grammer and vocabulary. There's no right or wrong, just some choices that are better than others.
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Jazz music is the power of now.
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Nothing else will ever capture the democratic process in sound as perfectly as Jazz.
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