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1. "The thing in jazz that will get Bix Beiderbecke out of his bed at two o'clock in the morning, pick that cornet up and practice into the pillow for another two or three hours, or that would make Louis Armstrong travel around the world for fifty plus years non stop, just get up out of his sick bed, crawl up on the bandstand and play, the thing that would make Duke Ellington, the thing that would make Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Mary Lou Williams, the thing that would make all of these people give their lives for this, and they did give their lives, is that it gives us a glimpse into what America is going to be when it becomes itself. And this music tells you that it will become itself. And when you get a taste of that, there's just nothing else you're going to taste that's as sweet." ~ Wynton Marsalis
2. "Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead a nation to change." ~ Wynton Marsalis
3. "You need a team. You need people to push you. You need opponents." ~ Wynton Marsalis
4. "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." ~ Wynton Marsalis
5. "Ethics are more important than laws." ~ Wynton Marsalis
6. "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." ~ Wynton Marsalis
7. "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." ~ Wynton Marsalis
8. "Maybe the preoccupation with technological progress has overshadowed our concern with human progress." ~ Wynton Marsalis
9. "Because the blues is the basis of most American music in the 20th century. It's a 12-bar form that's played by jazz, bluegrass and country musicians. It has a rhythmic vocabulary that's been used by rock n' roll. It's related to spirituals, and even the American fiddle tradition." ~ Wynton Marsalis
10. "The nerves are a problem on trumpet, because when you mess up everyone can hear it. Just remember most people are too polite to say anything about it. That should calm your nerves." ~ Wynton Marsalis
11. "I got my first trumpet when I was six years old, from Al Hirt. My father was playing in Al Hirt's band at that time." ~ Wynton Marsalis
12. "Jazz is democracy in music." ~ Wynton Marsalis
13. "I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do." ~ Wynton Marsalis
14. "I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play." ~ Wynton Marsalis
15. "We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation." ~ Wynton Marsalis
16. "Only a few act - the rest of us reap the benefits of their risk." ~ Wynton Marsalis
17. "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." ~ Wynton Marsalis
18. "Don't settle for style. Succeed in substance." ~ Wynton Marsalis
19. "It was Dr. King's tireless activism that fostered our modern way of relating to one another." ~ Wynton Marsalis
20. "Trumpet players see each other, and it's like we're getting ready to square off or get into a fight or something." ~ Wynton Marsalis
21. "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." ~ Wynton Marsalis
22. "Even in these times, there are still neighbors that will turn their backs on neighbors." ~ Wynton Marsalis
23. "Today you go into make a modern recording with all this technology. The bass plays first, then the drums come in later, then they track the trumpet and the singer comes in and they ship the tape somewhere. Well, none of the musicians have played together. You can't play jazz music that way. In order for you to play jazz, you've got to listen to them. The music forces you at all times to address what other people are thinking and for you to interact with them with empathy and to deal with the process of working things out. And that's how our music really could teach what the meaning of American democracy is." ~ Wynton Marsalis
24. "Music is always for the listener, but the first listener is always the musician" ~ Wynton Marsalis
25. "it ain't as hard as picking cotton" ~ Wynton Marsalis
26. "Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes down from a tradition and requires a lot of thought and study." ~ Wynton Marsalis

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On Stripping Bark from Myself(for Jane, who said trees die from it)Because women are expected to keep silent abouttheir close escapes I will not keep silentand if I am destroyed (naked tree!) someone willpleasemark the spotwhere I fall and know I could not livesilent in my own lieshearing their 'how nice she is!'whose adoration of the retouched imageI so despise.No. I am finished with livingfor what my mother believesfor what my brother and father defendfor what my lover elevatesfor what my sister, blushing, denies or rushesto embrace.I find my ownsmall persona standing selfagainst the worldan equality of willsI finally understand.Besides:My struggle was always againstan inner darkness: I carry within myselfthe only known keysto my death – to unlock life, or close it shutforever. A woman who loves wood grains, the coloryellowand the sun, I am happy to fightall outside murderersas I see I must."
Author: Alice Walker

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