#do

Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets it all wrong. ↗

— Don Marquis

#does #ever #get #gets #idea

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. ↗

— Don Marquis

#canyon #down #dropping #echo #grand

I really wish I knew what I was doing because I'd be writing hit songs every minute. ↗

— Bruno Mars

#doing #every #hit #i #knew

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

I think that if you keep banging at the door all you need is a little foothold, a little tiny foothold, and then the rest will take care of itself. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#care #door #foothold #i #i think

There's a certain kind of motion and pacing that our music has, and this just doesn't have that. We just kind of rushed to the conclusion of most of the songs. I just would've preferred to done them over. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#conclusion #done #i #just #kind

Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality. ↗

— Ralph Marston

#equal #goals #minus #reality #your

People have taken time out of their day and spent their money to come sit down at a concert. And it's jazz music-it's not easy for them to get to it. I don't want them ever to feel that I'm taking their presence lightly. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#concert #day #down #easy #ever

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

The young very seldom lead anything in our country today. It's been quite some time since a younger generation pushed an older one to a higher standard. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#been #country #generation #higher #higher standard