My daddy expected that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world a better place. He had lived in an America of continual social progress.
Wynton MarsalisEverything comes out in blues music: joy , pain , struggle . Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance.
Wynton MarsalisThe history of jazz lets us know that this period in our history is not the only period we've come through together. If we truly understood the history of our national arts, we'd know that we have mutual aspirations, a shared history, in good times and bad.
Wynton MarsalisThe musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my head, and they did.
Wynton Marsalis