Ellis Marsalis Quotes

#1. We have been working with Habitat for Humanity and we have built eighty homes, 80% of which are being lived in by New Orleans' musicians. It is called the Musicians' Village and at the center is the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music.

Harry Connick Jr.

#2. 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

#3. You cannot create new science unless you realize where the old science leaves off and new science begins, and science fiction forces us to confront this.

Michio Kaku

#4. Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

William Blake

#5. It is a very difficult secret to understand that when we do not want to possess another selfishly, he or she will always love us. It is when we do not want to possess, when we do not make demand after demand, that the relationship will last.

Eknath Easwaran

#6. At a time when individualism is becoming an endangered species, jazz represents a celebration of the individual.

Ellis Marsalis Jr.

#7. Louis Armstrong was the primary contributor to jazz music in the 20th century. His improvisational skills served as the principal model for all who came after him, regardless of one's chosen instrument.

Ellis Marsalis Jr.

#8. If your actions don't reflect your goals ... and your behavior doesn't reflect your company's vision ... then you're not a leader; regardless of what your title indicates.

Steve Maraboli

#9. Nothing like being visible, publishing one's work, and speaking openly about one's life, to disabuse the world of the illusion of one's perfection and purity.

Joyce Maynard

#10. Louis Armstrong is the master of the jazz solo. He became the beacon, the light in the tower, that helped the rest of us navigate the tricky waters of jazz improvisation.

Ellis Marsalis Jr.

#11. My parents told me either I choose badminton, or school has to make the best of me.

Taufik Hidayat

#12. I believe you can be the person that you dream of being

Drew Barrymore