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I feel that for years of teaching in the country and reading criticism in books, I feel like the things most needed in our culture are the understanding of the meanings of our music. We haven't done that good of job teaching our kids what our music means or how we developed our taste in music that reminds us and teaches us who we are.
— Wynton Marsalis
Tags: job, culture, music, good

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Trumpet players see each other, and it's like we're getting ready to square off or get into a fight or something.
— Wynton Marsalis
Tags: ready, see, like, fight
I didn't want to get that ring around my lips from practicing the trumpet, because I thought the girls wouldn't like me. So I never practiced.
— Wynton Marsalis
Tags: lips, like, never, me
I got my first trumpet when I was six years old, from Al Hirt. My father was playing in Al Hirt's band at that time.
— Wynton Marsalis
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The nerves are a problem on trumpet, because when you mess up everyone can hear it. Just remember most people are too polite to say anything about it. That should calm your nerves.
— Wynton Marsalis
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The heart of a music is its rhythm. The heart of rhythm section music is the rhythm.
— Wynton Marsalis
Tags: section, rhythm, heart, music
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