#stan

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

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

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. ↗