American - Musician | January 2, 1986 -
We really practice music and work really hard. Sometimes we'll leave at six in the morning, and we started at three the day before.
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Whatever fame or success we have right now came strictly from us playing. As long as we focus on music and not trying to be stars, I think we'll be okay.
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I got a chance to work with Mystikal and Mannie Fresh and Juvenile and all these people as I was growing up, and so that really influenced everything I do.
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When I'm creating a song, I'm thinking of a hip-hop beat playing on a live drum set - kinda like the Roots would do. I will put New Orleans music on top of that with some other rhythms.
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Music for us is a place of joy. Bringin' joy... that's what we are all about.
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I'm very proud of my band and my musicians.
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Australia is one of my favorite places to play - it's a crazy experience.
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I grew up right in the heart of Treme, so it was a real music neighborhood, and there was a bunch of bands like the Dirty Dozen Brass Band around.
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I had a lot of older musicians looking out for me, teaching me, and showing me things when they saw how interested I was in music from a young age. They would take me to the side and just play some things in my ear, and I would try to play it back to them.
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Everything is a learning experience for me.
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I don't know what America would be without New Orleans and the music.
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We had a bunch of instruments around the house. Like, I played different instruments, trumpet, bass, drums, piano, all that, but whatever I could get my hands on.
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