Wynton Marsalis

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

— Wynton Marsalis

#head #i #imagination #music #never

What, other than injustice, could be the reason that the displaced citizens of New Orleans cannot be accommodated by the richest nation in the world? ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#cannot #citizens #could #displaced #injustice

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

— Wynton Marsalis

#begin #change #did #effect #faith

I have absolutely no idea what my generation did to enrich our democracy. We dropped the ball. We entered a period of complacency and closed our eyes to the public corruption of our democracy. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#ball #closed #complacency #corruption #democracy

When I first came to New York everybody on the scene would treat me like I could play, but I couldn't. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#could #everybody #first #i #like

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

— Wynton Marsalis

#face #instrument #man #playing #whenever

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 'Are you sure you're Ellis's son?' ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#band #because #director #ellis #excited

I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#believed #discipline #doing #education #get

I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#believe #grateful #i #i believe #i believe in

Don't settle for style. Succeed in substance. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#style #substance #succeed