 Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence. |
| Thank the good Lord for a job. |
| Jazz is not the kind of music you are going to learn to play in three or four years or that you can just get because you have some talent for music. |
| Even in these times, there are still neighbors that will turn their backs on neighbors. |
| There are forces all around you who wish to exploit division, rob you of your freedom, and tell you what to think. But young folks can rekindle the weary spirit of a slumbering nation. |
| There was one thing Beethoven didn't do. When one of his string quartets was played, you can believe the second violin wasn't improvising. |
| We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us. |
| Only a few act - the rest of us reap the benefits of their risk. |
| I feel like a lot of the fundamental material, I've assimilated. So now the question is: Am I going to really get into my spiritual inheritance of music and really develop my abilities? |
| Don't wish for someone else to do later what you can do now. |
| The bandstand is a sacred place. |
| The young very seldom lead anything in our country today. It's been quite some time since a younger generation pushed an older one to a higher standard. |
| The first time I ever played the trumpet in public, I played the Marine Hymn. I sounded terrible. |
| I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play. |
| The best way to be, is to do. |
| There's the tradition in jazz of having the Battle of the Bands, and you do not want to get your head cut when you're playing. |
| Maybe the preoccupation with technological progress has overshadowed our concern with human progress. |
| People have taken time out of their day and spent their money to come sit down at a concert. And it's jazz music-it's not easy for them to get to it. I don't want them ever to feel that I'm taking their presence lightly. |
| You need a team. You need people to push you. You need opponents. |
| What, other than injustice, could be the reason that the displaced citizens of New Orleans cannot be accommodated by the richest nation in the world? |
