Quotes by : Wynton Marsalis

Generally, when I wake up in the morning I set out a series of problems for myself and I write them down,....

The thing in jazz that will get Bix Beiderbecke out of his bed at two o’clock in the morning, pick....

Jazz is democracy in music.

I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study,....

The blues. It runs through all American music. Somebody bending the note. The other is the two-beat groove.....

Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes....

I noticed that religion gave some people a way to escape dealing with the world: “Things will be better....

We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us.

Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence.....

Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence.....