Wynton Marsalis Way Quotations

It was Dr. King's tireless activism that fostered our modern way of relating to one another.

Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are.

I dress up a certain way because I respect the music.

The best way to be, is to do.

But you listen to Coltrane and that's something human, something that's about elevation. It's like making love to a woman. It's about something of value, it's not just loud. It doesn't have that violent connotation to it. I wanted to be a jazz musician so bad, but I really couldn't. There was no way I could figure out to learn how to play.

Everything about the swing is about some guideline and some grid and the elegant way that you negotiate your way through that grid.