Author: Trombone Shorty

Quotes

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

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

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

New Orleans is like a big musical gumbo. The sound I have is from being in the city my whole life.

New Orleans is like a big musical gumbo. The sound I have is from being in the city my whole life.

- 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

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

Music should be pushed forward.

Music should be pushed forward.

- 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

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

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