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There is an idea that a mind is wasted on the arts unless it makes you good in math or science. There is some evidence that the arts might help you in math and science.
Wynton Marsalis
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Wynton Marsalis
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: October 18
Bandleader
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Jazz Musician
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Wynton Learson Marsalis
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There was one thing Beethoven didn't do. When one of his string quartets was played, you can believe the second violin wasn't improvising.
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We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation.
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The majority of the high schools and the public schools in N.Y.C. don't even have band programs. Hip-hop in a lot of ways is an outgrowth of a lack of instruments and a desire to play music, so we can't really fault the kids for that.
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When I was 12, I began listening to John Coltrane and I developed a love for jazz, which I still have more and more each year.
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Ethics are more important than laws. Which means that the exact note is less important than the feeling of the note.
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Flexibility is an essential part of Jazz. It's what gives Jazz music the ability to combine with all other types of music and not lose its identity.
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So when we spend all of our time trying to separate that which is already joined, it's a waste of time.
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My schedule is always tight. But I like to have the pressure of having to finish doing something it gives me an added edge.
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The best way to be, is to do.
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Maybe the preoccupation with technological progress has overshadowed our concern with human progress.
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Jazz is not the kind of music you are going to learn to play in three or four years or that you can just get because you have some talent for music.
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Instead of imposing your will on every situation...focus on including everyone else, and just that little adjustment of attitude gives you the space to understand where and who you are.
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What, other than injustice, could be the reason that the displaced citizens of New Orleans cannot be accommodated by the richest nation in the world?
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If you looked around, you'd be glad you couldn't see.
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