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.
We all played bad before we played good. - Branford Marsalis
We all played bad before we played good.
- Branford Marsalis
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
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.
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 y… - Branford Marsalis
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 y…
I don't care who likes it or buys it. Because if you use that criterion, Mozart would have never written Don Giovanni, Charlie Parker never would hav… - Branford Marsalis
I don't care who likes it or buys it. Because if you use that criterion, Mozart would have never written Don Giovanni, Charlie Parker never would hav…
That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you. - Branford Marsalis
That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you.
What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of Am… - Branford Marsalis
What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of Am…
You don't know what you like, you like what you know. In order to know what you like, you have to know everything. - Branford Marsalis
You don't know what you like, you like what you know. In order to know what you like, you have to know everything.
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… - Branford Marsalis
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…
The biggest problem with American music right now, is that kids don't listen. They come by it honestly, Americans don't listen anyway. When people go… - Branford Marsalis
The biggest problem with American music right now, is that kids don't listen. They come by it honestly, Americans don't listen anyway. When people go…
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