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One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers in midstream. ↗

— Don Marquis

#care #change #diapers #important #important things

The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less. ↗

— Neville Marriner

#awful #awful thing #become #becoming #conductor

If you're going to use standards as criteria for signing musicians, you can sign thousands. If you're going to use some sort of conceptual interpretation that's based on the tradition of those standards, but is trying to move away from it, you're down to about 10 people or so. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#away #based #conceptual #criteria #down

Coltrane came to New Orleans one day and he was talking about the jazz scene. And Coltrane mentions that the problem with jazz was that there were too few groups. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#came #coltrane #day #few #groups

I suspect that we might actually start selling some records with these artists in about 10 years. Some the people who invested, they're a little tight-because it's a lot of money to start up a company. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#actually #artists #company #i #invested

One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#always #band #could #davis #else

The piano is the X factor. People have a tough time following the structures when there's no piano there, spelling it out. It makes it more easily understood, particularly to people who don't know as much about music. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#easily #factor #following #know #makes

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

— Wynton Marsalis

#always #democracy #hear #major #participation

The nerves are a problem on trumpet, because when you mess up everyone can hear it. Just remember most people are too polite to say anything about it. That should calm your nerves. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#anything #because #calm #everyone #hear

Don't worry about what others say about your music. Pursue whatever you are hearing... but if everybody really hates your music maybe you could try some different approaches. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#approaches #could #different #everybody #hates