Author: Trombone Shorty

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I didn't grow up during the time that Louis Armstrong or Miles Davis and all those people were playing. So it's not really my responsibility to keep it up, what they were doing.

I didn't grow up during the time that Louis Armstrong or Miles Davis and all those people were playing. So it's not really my responsibility to keep it up, what they were doing.

- Trombone Shorty

I don't know what America would be without New Orleans and the music.

I don't know what America would be without New Orleans and the music.

- Trombone Shorty

Music should be pushed forward.

Music should be pushed forward.

- Trombone Shorty

As a kid, I would wake up, and there'd be a jazz funeral while I'm walking to school. And when I come home, you can find Rebirth band playing for a birthday party the same day.

As a kid, I would wake up, and there'd be a jazz funeral while I'm walking to school. And when I come home, you can find Rebirth band playing for a birthday party the same day.

- Trombone Shorty

It's like drinking water. You have to have water every day, and music is like water for me.

It's like drinking water. You have to have water every day, and music is like water for me.

- Trombone Shorty

People get caught up in recreating something, and that actually hurts the genre of music because there's nothing new.

People get caught up in recreating something, and that actually hurts the genre of music because there's nothing new.

- Trombone Shorty

From the food to the Mardi Gras Indians to the brass bands and the second liners parading through the street, Jazz Fest presents New Orleans in one place.

From the food to the Mardi Gras Indians to the brass bands and the second liners parading through the street, Jazz Fest presents New Orleans in one place.

- Trombone Shorty

I've been playing music since I was four, so it's part of my life. It's all I know. It's just a part of my everyday living.

I've been playing music since I was four, so it's part of my life. It's all I know. It's just a part of my everyday living.

- Trombone Shorty

In New Orleans, we celebrate everything. It's probably the only place you'll see people dancing in a funeral home.

In New Orleans, we celebrate everything. It's probably the only place you'll see people dancing in a funeral home.

- Trombone Shorty

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