Author: Trombone Shorty

Quotes

My only time off is when I'm sleeping.

My only time off is when I'm sleeping.

- Trombone Shorty

We have to let the younger generations take our music - and approach it the way they want - but just teach them where it all comes from.

We have to let the younger generations take our music - and approach it the way they want - but just teach them where it all comes from.

- Trombone Shorty

Life would be pretty boring if I didn't explore. It's about letting my ears take me on an adventure to soak in everything I can.

Life would be pretty boring if I didn't explore. It's about letting my ears take me on an adventure to soak in everything I can.

- 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

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

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

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

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

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

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