I don't care who likes it or buys it. Because if you use that criterion, Mozart would have … - Branford Marsalis

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The boys have been running Washington for a long-ass time. We're talking 200-some-odd years.

Branford Marsalis

I don't care who likes it or buys it. Because if you use that criterion, Mozart would have never written Don Giovanni, Charlie Parker never would have played anything but swing music. There comes a point at which you have to stand up and say, this is what I have to do.

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