Quotes by Trombone Shorty

That always has been one of my dreams, to be able to appeal to a bunch of people.

Whenever we can, we try to talk to students. If I can, Ill invite kids from a school to a sound check and take questions from them. I want to show them its cool to play the trombone. Kids are influenced by whats accessible to them. Its hard for kids to be introduced to music other than what they see on TV and video.

Whenever I go jamming, people are looking to cut me. The young ones learn my stuff and come play it at me, and I have to learn other stuff. I feel a lot of pressure. But its cool. Its a good pressure.

We really practice music and work really hard. Sometimes well leave at six in the morning, and we started at three the day before.

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