Wynton Marsalis
Jazz is democracy in music.Collection: Inspirational
When you study our greatest artists, you will find that they give us a key to understand how to deal with each other, and that our bloodlines are intertwined. It's not hyphenated America. That there is an America, and it is expressed in those arts. It gives us a key to figure out how to negotiate with each other, and it tells us actually who we are.Collection: Art
It's really not a stretch. The checks and balances are the same. The drums are the executive branch. The jazz orchestra is the legislative branch. Logic and reason are like jazz solos. The bass player is the judicial branch. One our greatest ever is Milt Hinton, and his nickname is "The Judge."Collection: Player
Blues is like the roux in a gumbo. People ask me if jazz always has the blues in it. I say, if it sounds good it does.Collection: People
Flexibility is an essential part of Jazz. It's what gives Jazz music the ability to combine with all other types of music and not lose its identity.Collection: Giving
What is deeper than respect and love? That’s what we felt: veneration.Collection: And Love
When it comes to songs and music, yeah, people love to sing and dance and play music and tunes, and that stream of consciousness that exists in music, nobody knows where that comes from.Collection: Song