KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Wynton Marsalis Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Wynton Marsalis

Showing 81-90 of 98 Quotes by Wynton Marsalis

I grew up in the South, and our way of dealing with each other was teasing, ribbing, making fun and scrapping in the street. Criticism doesn't bother me so much. It actually made me, when I was younger, more aggressive. But you get into middle age, and you lose interest in that stuff. It's not serious.

~Wynton Marsalis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I'm just lucky to have the type of friends and musicians and people dedicated to my music that I do.

~Wynton Marsalis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I'm not afraid of you being yourself. That's America.

~Wynton Marsalis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


A musician's whole life is to listen.

~Wynton Marsalis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are.

~Wynton Marsalis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I didn't have a philosophical understanding of music until I came to New York. I didn't understand how it applied to my kind and my generation. I thought it was just old people talking.

~Wynton Marsalis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Jazz celebrates older generations and not just the youth movement. When you 'sell' only to people of a certain age, you get cut off from the main body of experience.

~Wynton Marsalis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The main three components are the blues, improvisation - which is some kind of element that people are trying to make it up - and swing, which means even though they're making up music, they're trying to make it up together. It feels great, like you're having a great conversation with somebody.

~Wynton Marsalis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I generally work right up to when I have to do something - I'm always doing a lot.

~Wynton Marsalis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


My schedule is always tight. But I like to have the pressure of having to finish doing something; it gives me an added edge.

~Wynton Marsalis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: October 18th, 1961

Links

Find Wynton Marsalis on Amazon

Related Authors

Kurt Cobain
Bob Dylan
Eminem
Jimi Hendrix
Jim Morrison
Tupac Shakur
Frank Sinatra
Frank Zappa

Popular Authors

Ernest Hemingway Dolores Huerta Langston Hughes Robert Kiyosaki Jim Morrison Norman Vincent Peale Bertrand Russell Will Smith

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1806 - Isambard K. Brunel

1821 - Charles Baudelaire

1865 - Adela Florence Nicolson

1872 - Leon Blum

1888 - Sol Hurok

1893 - Charles Simmons

1898 - Paul Robeson

1905 - J. William Fulbright

1906 - Victor Vasarely

1910 - Abraham A. Ribicoff

Birthdays on April 9th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Chance Computers Fear Freedom Mother's Day Music Politics Smile