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"The nerves are a problem on trumpet, because when you mess up everyone can hear it. Just remember most people are too polite to say anything about it. That should calm your nerves."
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"Jazz is not the kind of music you are going to learn to play in three or four years or that you can just get because you have some talent for music."

"Trumpet players see each other, and it's like we're getting ready to square off or get into a fight or something."

"I have absolutely no idea what my generation did to enrich our democracy. We dropped the ball. We entered a period of complacency and closed our eyes to the public corruption of our democracy."

"We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation."

"The young very seldom lead anything in our country today. It's been quite some time since a younger generation pushed an older one to a higher standard."

"I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play."

"I feel like a lot of the fundamental material, I've assimilated. So now the question is: Am I going to really get into my spiritual inheritance of music and really develop my abilities?"

"There really have only ever been a few people in each generation who step out, are willing to put themselves on the line, and risk everything for their beliefs."

"Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead a nation to change."

"What, other than injustice, could be the reason that the displaced citizens of New Orleans cannot be accommodated by the richest nation in the world?"
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