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Wynton Marsalis Quotes

The musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my head, and they did.

Wynton Marsalis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: October 18, 1961

Topics

Me Musicians Head Cut Older Than

A person has the right, and I think the responsibility, to develop all of their talents.

Responsibility Think Person Right

All men and women have an equal need for love. When these needs are not fulfilled it is easy to have our feelings hurt, for which we blame our partner.

Love Women Men Blame Partner Hurt

Ever since I was 7 years old, I was writing. I remember being in the basement of my house, this dank, horrible basement, putting on plays with not-very-willing participants, and I would promise kids in the neighborhood that I'd play Nintendo 64 with them after we'd rehearse this stupid play that I wrote.

John Francis Daley

Writing Stupid Remember House Play

After 'Kong,' my knuckles have never recovered because I had to wear very heavy weights on my forearms and around my hips and ankles to get the sense of size and scale of the movement of the character... You are telling your body that you are these things and that you're feeling these thoughts and that you're experiencing these experiences.

Character Thoughts You Body Feeling

A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why.

Stress Authority Why Always Asking

I'm sorry to say cancer can kill you, but it doesn't make you a better person.

Sorry Better Person Better You Say

You don't just go to your bosses and say, 'This sucks. I'm supposed to be winning everything.' If you have an awesome idea or a story, or something great, you go, 'Hey, how about we do this,' but when the story is not you, you have to find a way to make it work.

Work Great Winning Story You Find

I think being angry is what keeps me motivated.

Angry Me Think Being Motivated

In the 1960s, people were trying to get away from the pop song format. Tracks were getting longer, or much, much shorter.

People Song Trying Away Get Pop

I am now in the full maturity of my age and vigor of my mind. Persons of various descriptions have repeatedly solicited me to turn my mind to dramatical composition. It was, indeed, the first amusement of my thoughts in my school-boy cell.

Age I Am Maturity Mind Me Thoughts

I was a scam artist in high school for a while.

School High School Artist High Scam

We were always in church, and always singing, so once I realized that music was something that I had a knack for, I sort of latched onto it, and it helped give me an identity and figure out who I was as a person. It informed my way into theater, which informed my way into television.

Music Identity Me Singing Church

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