#stan

If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, there's very little melody in there. People love the beat. But to musicians, it's melody, because we understand how elusive it is and how hard it is to hold. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#because #elusive #hard #hold #how

The whole point is, give me a break with the standards. You go to the average jazz label and suggest a record and they want to know which standards you're going to play. I'm saying let's break the formula. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#break #formula #give #give me #go

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

— Wynton Marsalis

#style #substance #succeed

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

The bandstand is a sacred place. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#place #sacred

The more I come to understand music, the more I feel like a numbskull because there is always more to learn. ↗

— Cliff Martinez

#because #come #feel #i #i feel

My dad was a golden gloves boxer in the Marine Corps, then a deputy sheriff. My mom worked as an office assistant. ↗

— Susana Martinez

#boxer #corps #dad #deputy #gloves

I understand business and understand the ugly face of baseball, which is the business part of baseball. ↗

— Pedro Martinez

#business #face #i #part #ugly

I fear some of our leaders today have lost the courage to stand up. What we have now are politicians. They won't offer real plans, and only stand up when they want to blame someone else. ↗

— Susana Martinez

#courage #else #fear #i #leaders

I went to law school. And I became a prosecutor. I took on a specialty that very few choose to pursue. I prosecuted child abuse and child homicide cases. Cases that were truly gut-wrenching. But standing up for those kids, being their voice for justice was the honor of a lifetime. ↗

— Susana Martinez

#became #being #cases #child #child abuse