The blues is always there. It's going to be hard out here, but it's all right. It's all right, and that's what the blues teaches you. You got to roll with the punches and find your equilibrium.
Wynton MarsalisSo when we spend all of our time trying to separate that which is already joined, it's a waste of time.
Wynton MarsalisCommercialism that has absolutely no relationship to quality whatsoever, only quantitative assessment of a thing.
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 Marsalis