#u

I tend to overthink things. I'm not the guy who screams 'This is a world smash!' when I finish a song. ↗

— Bruno Mars

#guy #i #screams #smash #song

Humans are imperfect. That's one of the reasons that classical and jazz are in trouble. We're on the quest for the perfect performance and every note has to be right. Man, every note is not right in life. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#every #humans #imperfect #jazz #life

Coltrane came to New Orleans one day and he was talking about the jazz scene. And Coltrane mentions that the problem with jazz was that there were too few groups. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#came #coltrane #day #few #groups

I gave up my base in popular culture when I left the Tonight Show. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#culture #gave #i #left #popular

I like to make records sound good. I'm more like a reducer than a producer. If an artist cannot produce themselves, what's the point? ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#cannot #good #i #like #make

I suspect that we might actually start selling some records with these artists in about 10 years. Some the people who invested, they're a little tight-because it's a lot of money to start up a company. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#actually #artists #company #i #invested

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

I am a political person, though not with a big P. ↗

— George Michael

#big #i #i am #person #political

I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#funk #going #i #jazz #licks

If it's not going to sound like Terrapin Station, what's the point of playing Terrapin Station? ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#like #playing #point #sound #station