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You can reach a situation where things of intelligence and refinement and culture can be considered elite, and things that are crass and ignorant can be considered to be real and of the people. And when you begin to have the mass of populus striving for something that's not worth striving for, then tremendous amounts of energy go into...the maintenance of that which is worthless.

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Wynton Marsalis's Popular Quotes

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

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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 …

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If you want to be different, do something different.

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

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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,…

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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…

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

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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…

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Let the critics criticize and let the doers do.

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