One of the things that’s clear to me from interviews that I’ve read is that the more — Branford Marsalis
My dad was a musician, it was just what he did, like another guy’s dad drives a meat truck. — Branford Marsalis
We played it as long as we could play it on that cd and I think it might be 50 minutes, maybe. — Branford Marsalis
There’s a certain kind of motion and pacing that our music has, and this just doesn’t have that. — Branford Marsalis
The lion’s share of what I hear right now are people who, intentional or accidental — Branford Marsalis
It makes it more easily understood, particularly to people who don’t know as much about music. — Branford Marsalis
You hear it in your brain. Whatever makes sense. Some songs work well as quartet songs, sometimes they don’t. — Branford Marsalis
What is jazz? it, it’s almost like asking, what is french? jazz is a musical language. — Branford Marsalis
Humans are imperfect. That’s one of the reasons that classical and jazz are in trouble. — Branford Marsalis
I think that one of the problems that jazz has is that it’s so incestuous that it’s starting to kill itself. — Branford Marsalis
I suspect that we might actually start selling some records with these artists in about 10 years. — Branford Marsalis
Jazz fans love miles and I love him for a myriad of reasons, but the overviews are always too simplistic. — Branford Marsalis
It’s something that jazz has gotten away from, and it’s unfortunate. Players aren’t physical anymore. — Branford Marsalis
It’s hard to get into newsweek because, as more of our former intellectual magazines take on — Branford Marsalis
If you’re going to use standards as criteria for signing musicians, you can sign thousands. — Branford Marsalis
If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, there’s very little melody in there. — Branford Marsalis
If it’s not going to sound like terrapin station, what’s the point of playing terrapin station? — Branford Marsalis
If I were like a lot of other people, then it wouldn’t be fun; but since I’m like me, it’s okay. — Branford Marsalis