My older brother and myself always played together in bands, but we never knew we would be professional musicians.
Wynton MarsalisThe rebuilding of New Orleans is an important point in the history of the United States.
Wynton MarsalisYoung kids are always singing and painting. When you get to that second and third grade level, you're supposed to put all that aside.
Wynton MarsalisAs you get older - for example, in our band we have members of our orchestra, like Carlos Enriquez and Ali Jackson and Walter Blanning. I taught them when they were in high school, and now they teach me.I'll regularly call Ali and say, "Man, can you break this rhythm down for me?" Or Carlos was actually our music director in Cuba, and he's been instrumental in a lot of my education, and I started to develop a saying with them, because they tease me all the time - you get older, you have that familiar relationship - I say, "You have to follow your young leadership, too."
Wynton Marsalis