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

Branford Marsalis

When people go to concerts, they say I’m going to see… not, I’m going to hear.
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Concert Going People
What is jazz? It, It’s almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It’s a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America.
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Asking Country Musical People
So much of Jazz doesn’t have an audience other than music students or musicians.
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Jazz Music Students
What you have to do is play a couple of songs and then get off the stage because everything that trails it sounds stupid.
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Couple Sound Stupid Trails
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.
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Doors Needs Thinking
I’m not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense.
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Albums Jazz Play Sense
The way to learn the language is to rip off other players. As Benny Golson told me, “We all start off sounding like other cats.
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Cat Player Rip
If it’s not going to sound like Terrapin Station, what’s the point of playing Terrapin Station?
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Ifs Sound Stations
Pop doesn’t really look back. It can’t. What makes pop work is simplicity.
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Looks Music Simplicity
You don’t know what you like, you like what you know. In order to know what you like, you have to know everything.
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Jazz Music Order
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?
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Identification Mean Titles
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.
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Inspiring Men Perfect
Everybody talks about finding your voice. Do your homework and your voice will find you.
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Findings Homework Voice
his special ability enables Walter to communicate with aspiring musicians in a way that removes the sense of mystery that sometimes enshrouds our profession.
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Enshroud Profession Remove Special
You know, being America, being the land of “number ones”, everyone wants to be a leader before they follow.
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Country Land Numbers
One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else.
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Band Listening Musician

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