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"America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there."
"There's something almost adolescent about Whitman's paean to everything that was and remains good about America."
"I apologize to coalition forces and all the families, detainees, the families, America and all the soldiers."
"To be black and an intellectual in America is to live in a box. On the box is a label, not of my own choosing."
"I went to America on holiday when I was 17 and, before I knew it, I'd been signed up by an agency and had these obligations I didn't understand, but which I couldn't say no to. This industry chose me. But I did choose to make it fulfilling."
Explore more quotes by Branford Marsalis
"I like to make records sound good. I'm more like a reducer than a producer. If an artist cannot produce themselves, what's the point?"
"If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, there's very little melody in there. People love the beat. But to musicians, it's melody, because we understand how elusive it is and how hard it is to hold."
"It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore."
"I suspect that we might actually start selling some records with these artists in about 10 years. Some the people who invested, they're a little tight-because it's a lot of money to start up a company."
"The piano is the X factor. People have a tough time following the structures when there's no piano there, spelling it out. It makes it more easily understood, particularly to people who don't know as much about music."
"You hear it in your brain. Whatever makes sense. Some songs work well as quartet songs, sometimes they don't."
"When you're dealing with music without words, titles are more a means of identification than anything else. What's the point of getting lofty?"
"One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else."
"If it's not going to sound like Terrapin Station, what's the point of playing Terrapin Station?"
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