When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my father was known to be a great musician. When he heard me, he said 'Are you sure you're Ellis's son?'

  • -- Wynton Marsalis 温顿马萨利斯

当我参加高中乐队的试镜时,乐队指挥很兴奋,因为我的父亲是一个著名的伟大的音乐家。当他听到我说话时,他说:“你确定你是埃利斯的儿子吗?”

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We now assume that when people turn on the evening news, they basically already know what the news is. They've heard it on the radio. They've seen it on the Internet. They've seen it on one of the cable companies. So that makes our job a bit different.

我们现在假设,当人们打开晚间新闻时,他们基本上已经知道新闻是什么。他们从收音机里听到的。他们在网上看到过。他们在一家有线电视公司上看到过。这让我们的工作有点不同。

As the mother teaches her children how to express themselves in their language, so one Gypsy musician teaches the other. They have never shown any need for notation.

就像母亲教她的孩子们如何用他们的语言表达自己一样,一个吉卜赛音乐家教另一个。他们从来没有表示过需要符号。

I am blessed to be able to work at a job I love and also give back in the most vital way - to people in need.

我很幸运能够从事我热爱的工作,并以最重要的方式回馈给需要帮助的人。

I had never auditioned for Broadway - any play - and I was not familiar with what you're supposed to do.

我从来没有参加过百老汇的试演——任何戏剧都没有——我也不知道你应该做什么。

What I have to do as a musician is do everything that is not on the music.

作为一名音乐家,我要做的就是做所有不在音乐上的事情。