The rebuilding of New Orleans is an important point in the history of the United States.
Wynton MarsalisWe always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation.
Wynton MarsalisThe musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my head, and they did.
Wynton MarsalisIf you are serious about American culture and you are serious about Afro-American culture, you are in a lot of pain. You are not - you are not smiling about it.
Wynton MarsalisIt's important to address young people in the reopening of New Orleans. In rebuilding, let's revisit the potential of American democracy and American glory.
Wynton MarsalisWe fight for territory. We see it in our Congress, we see it in our political systems, we see it in our ways of life, how separated we are. When we moved out of the cities and we lost all of the memory that was in cities, and we - one of the highest achievements in our culture is to be able to segregate yourself from everyone else, and the deep thing is the deepest punishment is solitary confinement.
Wynton Marsalis