#trumpet

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

I got my first trumpet when I was six years old, from Al Hirt. My father was playing in Al Hirt's band at that time. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#band #father #first #got #i

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently. ↗

— Agnes de Mille

#destiny #important #important decisions #known #life

You start way down on a low B flat on the tuba and you have a chromatic scale; you can match the colours all the way up, till you get to the top of the trumpet. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#down #flat #get #low #match

I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#facility #i #kind #same #shouting

When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly. ↗

— Frankie Avalon

#i #learn #play #quickly #started

I'm a terrible trumpet player. ↗

— Ray Stevens

#player #terrible #trumpet

I'm not blowing my own trumpet here, but I made a rap song 20 years ago with Afrika Bambaataa. ↗