What I really have in my head, my imagination, my understanding of music, I never really get that out. – Wynton Marsalis
People have taken time out of their day and spent their money to come sit down at a concert. And its jazz music-its not easy for them to get to it. I dont want them ever to feel that Im taking their presence lightly. – Wynton Marsalis
Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence. – Wynton Marsalis
Its a great excuse and luxury, having a job and blaming it for your inability to do your own art. When you dont have to work, you are left with the horror of facing your own lack of imagination and your own emptiness. A devastating possibility when finally time is your own. – Julian Schnabel