Branford Marsalis Quotes
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.
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If you're thin-skinned, you don't belong doing what I do for a living.
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I love speaking at schools. That's always my favorite because I wish I'd had someone who was like me come speak at my school.
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Every artist says that he/she wants to do something challenging, and I'm not any different. If someone approaches me with a serious role, I'll be more than happy.
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I have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they're actresses or singers or things like that.
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When you look at the lyrics of 'Sometimes When We Touch,' it's really very much an adolescent song.
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I will not promote other people's songs big time. I will just mention that I produced the song to get the credit I think I deserve.
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A child who does not play is not a child, but the man who doesn't play has lost forever the child who lived in him and who he will miss terribly.
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To all the parents out there, thank you for allowing me to be a role model for your children. I really, really do not take that for granted.
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'Star Wars' meant everything to me growing up.
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I was always ambitious - not to make money: to be published.
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Though my plans at the moment are vague, I can assure you that I'll never run for the Senate in New York.
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I don't feel we need a declaration from the Palestinians that they recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
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And I'm not so in love with making people mad that I want to live my life around it.
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This only grant me, that my means may lie too low for envy, for contempt too high.
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There's a time to impress someone, and then there's a time to make an impression on someone.
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What is the Tao Te Ching? Five hundred years before the birth of Jesus, a God-realized being named Lao-tzu in ancient China dictated 81 verses which are regarded by many as the ultimate commentary on the nature of existence.
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My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is.
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Although, you know it's been really nice to wear the Olympic kit, I'm looking forward to wearing non-sports, feminine clothes.
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You're really lucky as an artist if you get a role that changes you as a person.
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We have two dogs, Mabel and Wolf, and three cats at home, Charlie, George and Chairman. We have two cats on our farm, Tom and Little Sister, two horses, and two mini horses, Hannah and Tricky. We also have two cows, Holy and Madonna. And those are only the animals we let sleep in our bed.
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No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
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Stress exacerbates any problem, whether it's diabetes, heart trouble, MS, or whatever.
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Even though I struggle with severe diminished brain function, I take 100 percent responsibility for every word that comes out of my mouth and gladly admit to my mistakes.
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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.
