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When you're dealing with music without words, titles are more a means of identification than anything else. What's the point of getting lofty?

~Branford Marsalis

Topics: Anything Anything Else Dealing Else Getting Identification Lofty Means More Music Point Than Titles Without Words You

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Jazz fans love Miles and I love him for a myriad of reasons, but the overviews are always too simplistic.

~Branford Marsalis

Topics: Always Fans Him Jazz Love Miles Myriad Reasons Simplistic Too I Love

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We played it as long as we could play it on that CD and I think it might be 50 minutes, maybe. What you have to do is play a couple of songs and then get off the stage because everything that trails it sounds stupid.

~Branford Marsalis

Topics: Because Could Couple Everything Get Long Maybe Might Minutes Off Play Played Songs Sounds Stage Stupid Then Think Trails You I Think Cd

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I suspect that we might actually start selling some records with these artists in about 10 years. Some the people who invested, they're a little tight-because it's a lot of money to start up a company.

~Branford Marsalis

Topics: About Actually Artists Company Invested Little Lot Might Money People Records Selling Some Start Suspect Up Who Years

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One of the things that's clear to me from interviews that I've read is that the more popular successful jazz musicians had audiences above and beyond the music community.

~Branford Marsalis

Topics: Above Audiences Beyond Clear Community Had Interviews Jazz Jazz Musicians Me More Music Musicians One Of The Things Popular Read Successful Things

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

~Branford Marsalis

Topics: Base Culture Gave Left Popular Popular Culture Show Tonight Tonight Show Up

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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

Topics: Banging Care Door Itself Keep Little Need Rest Take Take Care Then Think Tiny Will You I Think

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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.

~Branford Marsalis

Topics: About Came Coltrane Day Few Groups He Jazz New New Orleans One Day Orleans Problem Scene Talking The Problem With Too Were

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It's hard to get into Newsweek because, as more of our former intellectual magazines take on a pop focus, if there's no buzz, there's no interest.

~Branford Marsalis

Topics: Because Buzz Focus Former Get Hard Intellectual Interest Magazines More No Interest Our Pop Take

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I like to make records sound good. I'm more like a reducer than a producer. If an artist cannot produce themselves, what's the point?

~Branford Marsalis

Topics: Artist Cannot Good Like Make More Point Produce Producer Records Sound Than Themselves

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: August 26th, 1960

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