Everybody talks about finding your voice. Do your homework and your voice will find you.
BRANFORD MARSALISOne 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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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.
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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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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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When people go to concerts, they say I’m going to see… not, I’m going to hear.
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You hear it in your brain. Whatever makes sense. Some songs work well as quartet songs, sometimes they don’t.
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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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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.
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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.
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If I were like a lot of other people, then it wouldn’t be fun; but since I’m like me, it’s okay.
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I’m not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense.
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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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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.
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You know, being America, being the land of “number ones”, everyone wants to be a leader before they follow.
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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?
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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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