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I'm just not used to talking that much about myself. It feels strange. ↗

— Andrew Mason

#feels #i #just #much #myself

It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid. ↗

— James A. Michener

#courage #know #ought #takes #you

I feel like a lot of the fundamental material, I've assimilated. So now the question is: Am I going to really get into my spiritual inheritance of music and really develop my abilities? ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#assimilated #develop #feel #fundamental #get

Jazz is not the kind of music you are going to learn to play in three or four years or that you can just get because you have some talent for music. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#four #get #going #jazz #just

My daddy expected that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world a better place. He had lived in an America of continual social progress. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#better #better place #brothers #continual #daddy

My older brother and myself always played together in bands, but we never knew we would be professional musicians. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#bands #brother #knew #musicians #myself

There really have only ever been a few people in each generation who step out, are willing to put themselves on the line, and risk everything for their beliefs. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#beliefs #each #ever #everything #few

There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do not want to get your head cut when you're playing. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#battle #cut #get #having #head

Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#down #education #first-class #future #generation

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

— Wynton Marsalis

#begin #change #did #effect #faith