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"Not a lot of conservatives on this list. Are more liberals than conservatives screwing up America?"
"America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damned well pleased."
"Who says I'm gonna marry another guy? In Europe it's not like in America, where you set a date."
"But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest groups: city against suburb, region against region, individual against individual. Each seeking to satisfy private wants."
"Well, the way things are going, aside from wheat and auto parts, America's biggest export is now the Oscar."
"Haldeman is the only man in America in this generation who let his hair grow for a courtroom appearance."
"I think Australians do well here because we feel a bit naughty, like we're in America and if they only knew how much fun we were having, we'd all get thrown out, you know."
"In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience."
Explore more quotes by Branford Marsalis
"If it's not going to sound like Terrapin Station, what's the point of playing Terrapin Station?"
"There's a certain kind of motion and pacing that our music has, and this just doesn't have that. We just kind of rushed to the conclusion of most of the songs. I just would've preferred to done them over."
"I think that if you keep banging at the door all you need is a little foothold, a little tiny foothold, and then the rest will take care of itself."
"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."
"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?"
"Humans are imperfect. That's one of the reasons that classical and jazz are in trouble. We're on the quest for the perfect performance and every note has to be right. Man, every note is not right in life."
"Jazz fans love Miles and I love him for a myriad of reasons, but the overviews are always too simplistic."
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