We don't have the leadership or the understanding of the value of this, and when your political systems and your economic systems start to fail, it's only a cultural understanding that allows you to reconstruct them and to get back to who you are. For some reason, it hasn't dawned on us yet.
Wynton MarsalisThe only justification for looking down on anyone is that you're going to stop and pick them up.
Wynton MarsalisThe main three components are the blues, improvisation - which is some kind of element that people are trying to make it up - and swing, which means even though they're making up music, they're trying to make it up together. It feels great, like you're having a great conversation with somebody.
Wynton MarsalisThis rebuilding of New Orleans gives us the perfect opportunity to see if we're ready to extend the legacy of Dr. King.
Wynton MarsalisI'm just lucky to have the type of friends and musicians and people dedicated to my music that I do.
Wynton Marsalis