American - Musician | January 2, 1986 -
If I can just play, it doesn't matter where we are... Japan, Australia, or here in the neighborhood.
Trombone Shorty
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I've had a strong will power to become one of the best. And I'm not gonna let nothing stop me from going to my dream.
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Actually, I started off playing by ear and being around a bunch of musicians playing in the streets in the different parades.
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I was listening to Ministry and Garth Brooks and Charlie Pride and Wynton Marsalis, and then I would listen to Juvenile or Lil Wayne. It's just that I'm a big fan of music. I'm a student of music. And I just want to learn and keep enhancing my education about the music.
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Sometimes on my show, I just play something out of the blue, and the band picks up on it.
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Everywhere I go around the world, we have fans of New Orleans. Sometimes we go places, and people don't really know who we are, but they know New Orleans, and once we say we are from New Orleans, we have a lot of supporters.
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I just want to spearhead and lead a new style of New Orleans music.
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I wanted to become a better entertainer, and I learned from my brother James Andrews. And I've been studying some tape of James Brown and different people.
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As a kid, I would wake up, and there'd be a jazz funeral while I'm walking to school. And when I come home, you can find Rebirth band playing for a birthday party the same day.
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I've lost a bunch of friends - some of them in jail, some of them made bad choices, some of them aren't where they should be.
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Sometimes it's very hard for other New Orleans musicians to break out. It starts with the musician. They have to be willing to take a risk. Playing in the city, you can get comfortable. You think things are going well, but you're always in the city.
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I have to continue to make the older musicians proud and brush up on my skills.
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