Those who play for applause....Tha t’s all they get.

- Wynton Marsalis

If you're not making mistakes, you're not trying.

- Wynton Marsalis

It's harder to build than destroy. To build is to engage and change. In jazz, we call progressing harmonies changes. Changes are like obstacles on a …

- Wynton Marsalis

We're blues people. And blues never lets tragedy have the last word.

- Wynton Marsalis

The real power of Jazz is that a group of people can come together and create improvised art and negotiate their agendas... and that negotiation is t…

- Wynton Marsalis

How great musicians demonstrate a mutual respect and trust on the bandstand can alter your outlook on the world and enrich every aspect of your life,…

- Wynton Marsalis

Let the critics criticize and let the doers do.

- Wynton Marsalis

Jazz music is the power of now. There is no script. It's conversation. The emotion is given to you by musicians as they make split-second decisions t…

- Wynton Marsalis

If you want to be different, do something different.

- Wynton Marsalis