Branford Marsalis Quotes
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?

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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
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To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
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Medical professionals, not insurance company bureaucrats, should be making health care decisions.
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
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I don't watch television. I'm not a TV guy.
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I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.
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It has an air about it of having strolled in from the street with a few tricks up its sleeve, and if everybody would relax, please, it would do its best to pass the time whimsically.
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As long as I'm not selling out the people that ride or die with me, I'm glad I'm not an MC. I'm a motivational speaker. I'm not that rapper dude.
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My profession has helped me to grow up.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it is known to everyone and cited by no one?
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My character in the first instalment of 'GOW' was very shy and reserved. It was completely different from 'Kahaani,' where I played a no-nonsense cop. And in the second instalment of 'GOW,' it is again very different.
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As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.
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Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice.
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I got a psychology degree from USC, but music is just my whole life.
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It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.
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My motto is, if you love something, don't set it free. No matter how hard it struggles. That would be stupid.
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I can't do it, and as for you Can you in good conscience even ask me to? 'Cause what do you care about the great divide As long as you come down on the winner's side?
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All Oprah needs is a good book. My only request when she's building any house is, 'Could I please have a TV in my bedroom?'
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I am less horrified by Trump himself than by what he has done to the rationalizers and enablers.
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I don't really have control over my direct impression on people anymore. I used to be the person putting my CD in people's hands. But I'm kind of a mainstream artist now. Not by choice.
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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?