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

Next quotes

• Trombone Shorty:

  There's pride on Bourbon Street for the musicians that work there. They take it very seriously. I'v

• Trombone Shorty:

  I've dreamed a lot of things and a lot of them have come true. The Grammy nomination was the last t

• Trombone Shorty:

  No matter what setting I play in, I will always be New Orleans. It's one of the only cities where y

• Trombone Shorty:

  Music should be pushed forward.

• Trombone Shorty:

  People get caught up in recreating something, and that actually hurts the genre of music because th

• 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 par

• Trombone Shorty:

  It's like drinking water. You have to have water every day, and music is like water for me.

• Trombone Shorty:

  I could just play my horn in my room for 20 minutes a day, and I will be happy.

• Trombone Shorty:

  I think The Meters are like The Beatles to us in New Orleans, you know.

• Trombone Shorty:

  You always want to learn, you know.