Quotes by Branford Marsalis

Branford Marsalis

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.

New Day

New Orleans

Talking

Everybody talks about finding your voice. Do your homework and your voice will find you.

Findings

Homework

Voice

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.

Inspiring

Men

Perfect

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

Culture

Gave Up

Tonight

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

Albums

Jazz

Play

If I were like a lot of other people, then it wouldn’t be fun; but since I’m like me, it’s okay.

Fun

Okay

People

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

Ifs

Sound

Stations

If youre going to use standards as criteria for signing musicians, you can sign thousands. If youre going to use some sort of conceptual interpretation thats based on the tradition of those standards, but is trying to move away from it, youre down to about 10 people or so.

Moving

People

Trying

It’s something that jazz has gotten away from, and it’s unfortunate. Players aren’t physical anymore.

Jazz

Player

Unfortunate

My dad was a musician, it was just what he did, like another guy’s dad drives a meat truck. Our house was normal. We weren’t taken with the fact our dad was a musician.

Dad

House

Taken

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America

Art

Asking

Band

Believe

Cat

Culture

Dad

Desire

Findings

Fun

Gave Up

Homework

House

Ifs

Inspiring

Jazz

Jerry

Justice

Kind

Land

Listening

Looks

Men

Moving

Music

Musical

Musician

New Day

New Orleans

Numbers

Okay

Order

People

Perfect

Play

Player

Rip

Simplicity

Skills

Sound

Stations

Students

Successful

Taken

Talking

Tonight

Trying

Understanding

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Quotes by Branford Marsalis

Branford Marsalis

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.

Everybody talks about finding your voice. Do your homework and your voice will find you.

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.

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

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

If I were like a lot of other people, then it wouldn’t be fun; but since I’m like me, it’s okay.

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

If youre going to use standards as criteria for signing musicians, you can sign thousands. If youre going to use some sort of conceptual interpretation thats based on the tradition of those standards, but is trying to move away from it, youre down to about 10 people or so.

It’s something that jazz has gotten away from, and it’s unfortunate. Players aren’t physical anymore.

My dad was a musician, it was just what he did, like another guy’s dad drives a meat truck. Our house was normal. We weren’t taken with the fact our dad was a musician.

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