Wynton Marsalis Quotes

I feel like we can learn from each other by us, being the young generation, giving knowledge to the older guys.

You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now.

There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.

There is something mysteriously powerful that can happen when young, inchoate minds come into contact with older and more worldly ones in a spirit of intellectual and creative endeavour - if I believed in progress, I suppose that's what I'd call it.

There's always something that you can learn and something you can teach.

One of my favorite sayings is, 'Much have I learned from my teachers, but even more from my friends and even more from my students.'

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

Suddenly, my friend's daughters are becoming my best friends. I have so many 12-year-old girlfriends.

No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.

We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.

Everyone I've worked with has been good. You learn from the good, what's good, and you learn from the bad what not to do.

For every young person I meet, I learn an idea.

If I don't explain or tell some of my experiences, I feel like I'm doing guys a disservice because I know as a younger player, there's things I could benefit from the experience of an older guy.

The musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my head, and they did.

I'm not a role model to my kids. They're a role model to me.

We rarely think to mark the trail for others to follow. 'Live and learn,' we say, acknowledging the value of experience. We usually forget about 'Live and teach.'

I want to perform and be tested; I want the vibrant energy of the younger generation of directors and actors to rub off on me.

I only learn from the people I work with.

Once in a while, I have the chance to speak to students. I learn from them as much as they learn from me. It's a great dialogue to create.

Don't let people look down on you because you're young. I think adults can learn a lot from kids, just like kids learn a lot from adults. It's vice versa.

Look at the exposure I am getting, and look at what I am learning from people at literally an arm's length. I am truly privileged to have that experience and even sitting and working with people who I have grown up with. You learn a lot from their experiences.

For me, it's vital to continue to share my experiences and allow my experiences to help the younger generation.

I was young myself and reliant on older players to make room for me.

You get better at the thing you do by having to explain it to someone else. That, I think, totally makes my work stronger.

One of the most valuable things any person can learn is the art of using the knowledge and experience of others.