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My Older Brother And Myself Always Played Together In Bands, But We Never Knew We Would Be Professional Musicians.

The First Time I Ever Played The Trumpet In Public, I Played The Marine Hymn. I Sounded Terrible.

I'll Write Down And Catalogue All The Different Devices That Are Americana To Me, And I Try To Have A Historic Depth And Breadth And Also The Things That We Do In Our Time, The Type Of Vamps And Chants, Things That Are Available To Us.

If You Are Serious About American Culture And You Are Serious About Afro-american Culture, You Are In A Lot Of Pain. You Are Not - You Are Not Smiling About It.

I Try To Find The Core Values That Are So Fundamental That They Transcend Ethnic Identity. That Doesn't Mean I Run From It. I Embrace African-american Culture And I Love It And Embrace It, But It Is A Part Of A Human Identity. So I'm Always Trying To Make A Larger Human Statement.