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Pop doesn't really look back. It can't. What makes pop work is simplicity.

~Branford Marsalis

Topics: Back Look Makes Pop Really Simplicity Work

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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 you're going to play. I'm saying let's break the formula.

~Branford Marsalis

Topics: Average Break Formula Give Give Me Go Going Jazz Know Label Me Play Point Record Saying Standards Suggest Want Which Whole You

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

~Branford Marsalis

Topics: About Away Based Conceptual Criteria Down Going Interpretation Move Musicians People Sign Signing Some Sort Standards Those Thousands Tradition Trying Use You

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There's not one Tin Pan Alley song on my record.

~Branford Marsalis

Topics: Alley Pan Record Song Tin

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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.

~Branford Marsalis

Topics: Another Dad Did Drives Fact Guy He House Just Like Meat Musician Normal Our Taken Truck Were

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The lion's share of what I hear right now are people who, intentional or accidental, have avoided all jazz prior to 1960. And all the musicians who were successful in the '60s spent their entire lives, prior to 1960, listening to all the musicians these people avoid.

~Branford Marsalis

Topics: Accidental Avoid Avoided Entire Entire Lives Hear Intentional Jazz Lion Listening Lives Musicians Now People Prior Right Share Spent Successful Were Who

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

~Branford Marsalis

Topics: Album Funk Going Jazz Makes No Sense Play Sense

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There's a certain kind of motion and pacing that our music has, and this just doesn't have that. We just kind of rushed to the conclusion of most of the songs. I just would've preferred to done them over.

~Branford Marsalis

Topics: Certain Conclusion Done Just Just Kind Kind Most Motion Music Our Our Music Over Pacing Preferred Rushed Songs Them

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The piano is the X factor. People have a tough time following the structures when there's no piano there, spelling it out. It makes it more easily understood, particularly to people who don't know as much about music.

~Branford Marsalis

Topics: About Easily Factor Following Know Makes More Much Music Out Particularly People Piano Spelling Structures Time Tough Tough Time Understood Who X Factor

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You hear it in your brain. Whatever makes sense. Some songs work well as quartet songs, sometimes they don't.

~Branford Marsalis

Topics: Brain Hear Makes Quartet Sense Some Sometimes Songs Well Whatever Work You Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: August 26th, 1960

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