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Branford Marsalis

"One of the things that's clear to me from interviews that I've read is that the more popular successful jazz musicians had audiences above and beyond the music community."

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Donna Grant

"One must indeed test the strings to this life, bounce the bow, wet the mouthpiece, prepare for the deeper music that follows."

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Donna Grant

"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."

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Donna Grant

"Music reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."

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Donna Grant

"Music fills the void between the heart and soul and connects them in heavenly delights."

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Donna Grant

"I listen to music constantly while writing."

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Donna Grant

"Music heard so deeplyThat it is not heard at all, butyou are the musicWhile the music lasts."

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Donna Grant

"Music is the song of eternal love which touches the soul and fills us with joy."

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Donna Grant

"I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation."

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Donna Grant

"Music is the language of the universe, which everyone, including all animals, can understand."

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Donna Grant

"Tax not so bad a voice to slander music any more than once."

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Branford Marsalis
"A lot of musicians have a tough time hearing what we're doing in a trio format."

Time

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Branford Marsalis
"I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense."

Jazz

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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?"

Artist

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Branford Marsalis
"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."

Love

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Branford Marsalis
"It's something that jazz has gotten away from, and it's unfortunate. Players aren't physical anymore."

Jazz

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Branford Marsalis
"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."

Money

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Branford Marsalis
"One of the things that's clear to me from interviews that I've read is that the more popular successful jazz musicians had audiences above and beyond the music community."

Music

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Branford Marsalis
"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."

Music

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Branford Marsalis
"You hear it in your brain. Whatever makes sense. Some songs work well as quartet songs, sometimes they don't."

Work

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Branford Marsalis
"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?"

Music

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