Trombone Shorty quote: "I'm always trying to emulate guitar. Especially when I'm playing the trombone, that's what I think about. Like, I listen to guitar players every day: Warren Haynes, Lenny Kravitz, Prince, different people. And I'm always trying to find out a way how I can get my trombone to sound like that."

I don't sing. I played guitar for a while. I'm not great, I'm not Lenny Kravitz by any m...
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I don't feel that I'm explaining the world or teaching people anything. And I'm not tryi...
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I'm singing what I want to sing based on the emotion of what that day feels like. That's wha...
JOHN MAYER

I'm trying to figure myself out through my movies. Whether it's big stuff like what we'r...
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Every movie I make I find kind of excruciating. I get a lot back from it, but I feel like I'm ki...
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Do I feel like I'm 65? No. I feel like I'm 15. That's my problem. I'm trying as hard...
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I'm just trying to have fun, and maybe the way I hold myself kind of freaks people out. I don...
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I always just experiment with different sounds and styles until I find something that evokes the fee...
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Every album, I'm worried that I'm a dork and a fraud - 'What if I can't sing anymore...
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If it's a good song and it fits me, that's what I'm going to do, I'm not out there t...
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JENNIFER EGAN

I'm always trying. Between every book, I think, 'Well now, it's time to get down to the ...
ALICE MUNRO

I couldn't sing without a guitar. I like the way it feels to sing and be holding a guitar, even ...
ALBERT HAMMOND, JR.

I don't like getting myself in hot water. But suddenly I find that every minute I have to stop a...
JOANNE WOODWARD

I'm never satisfied. I'm always trying to get better and learn from my mistakes.
RUSSELL WESTBROOK

It's always great playing with other musicians. It's also a great situation where I'm th...
ACE FREHLEY

Every demo I do has a mandolin or resonator on it - some element of the bluegrass or classic country...
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I played a lot of keyboards, but I really wanted to produce the sound that was in my head that I was...
D'ANGELO

I wasn't trying to fit into a thing... it was not like I was like, 'Right, I'm the Han; ...
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I have people in my life who will say, 'Honey, you're trying too hard.' I like being sau...
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If I'm playing with Ozzy it's just a guitar thing. But with the vocals I feel like I'm s...
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I'm fulfilling my dreams that I had as a kid every single day. That's why I'm trying to ...
AARON RODGERS

I'm trying to make music that I like, and I love hip-hop. At the same time, I love guitar. I lov...
POST MALONE

Great musicians are great musicians, whether they're playing a trombone or an electric guitar or...
CHRIS STAPLETON

As a musician, I don't think I'm the greatest guitar player. I'm a bigger fan of the dru...
DARON MALAKIAN

I still feel I am that 14-year-old kid, hungry and trying to find a way through life. That's wha...
ANTHONY JOSHUA

I'm not perfect. I'm never going to be. And that's the great thing about living the Chri...
TIM TEBOW

I'm not that fluid when it comes to scales and modes. I just pick up the guitar and play. It'...
ALEX LIFESON

When I was a kid, I remember trying to emulate Stevie Wonder's sound, and Donny Hathaway's s...
ELLIOTT YAMIN

I like to think that I'm trying to choose love over most things, but that's my choice.
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Well, I was always really mature for my age. I'm an above-age reader. I'm not trying to come...
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It's harder to play drums than guitar, physically. I'm always kind of on the edge. I guess t...
J MASCIS

The criticism is what I expect, honestly, because I'm criticizing myself every day when I come i...
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I'm always like 'I'm too skinny, I can't gain weight, even when I try.' I'd ...
SHAILENE WOODLEY

I'm trying to do what Eddie Murphy did for his generation. You have to show people, 'I'm...
KEVIN HART

I'm going through a divorce now. This is the second one, and like baseball, I'm not gonna ge...
BUDDY GUY

I'm always trying to come down with a win. That's what matters to me and my squad.
KAWHI LEONARD

My mom always told me I should have a Plan B. I said that if I'm not going to play guitar I'...
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Every time I step onto the field, whether people like it or not, I'm not trying to play dirty - ...
CARLI LLOYD

Sometimes, when I'm trying to get my thoughts out, and I'm thinking too fast, I stutter.
DOMO GENESIS

I'm not staying away from any genre. I'm trying to get scripts that I like.
EMILE HIRSCH

When I'm focusing on what's important to God, I live differently. I invest my time differently.
CRAIG GROESCHEL

When I'm having a bad day, I pick up my guitar.
MICHELLE BRANCH

What I'm hoping to do is see Democrats get elected. That's what I'm trying to contribute...
DANNEL MALLOY

I'm always trying to find brain food and indulge in knowledge that's gonna be useful.
BIG BOI

I try to be as real and honest about everything and very genuine with people and say, 'Listen, I...
TIM TEBOW

I'm always trying to look for different roles.
ERIC CLOSE

I actually love woodworking. I'm just getting into it. And I love playing guitar, I'm a big ...
JORDAN GAVARIS

I think, when I started writing songs, my voice just became another tool. It wasn't something th...
LAURA MVULA

I think in any profession, in general, you always imagine yourself at the top of it. And I'm not...
JACOB BATALON

Every day I'm trying to be more humble and how do you do that? I guess, every day, we have mass....
JIM CAVIEZEL

It was an outdoor Shakespeare theater that I grew up at. That feels like home, and the place I'm...
HAMISH LINKLATER

I want to let you in on a little secret: I don't always feel like I'm a success. That's ...
JOYCE MEYER

I'm just writing about people. People are dark and complicated. I'm trying to tell the truth...
DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE

Aye, well, I've got my garden.
LIKE I

I told my Nike representative, 'Why didn't you guys use me for this?''' Williams said, laughing.
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On the interception, I was out of bounds,
LIKE I

casually made his 'abort black fetuses' argument.
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I can field my position. If I start worrying about being ready for a line drive too soon that means ...
LIKE I

I told him that he played a great game,'' said Falcons quarterback Michael Vick , who like Manning w...
LIKE I

I was so concerned with getting the ball out of my hands and not taking the sack, that sometimes I t...
LIKE I

I knew I had to throw the ball better,'' Manning said of his poor start.
LIKE I

I think the reason that I have that title or that moniker is because people don't know what to expec...
LIKE I

You're either ready and prepared to take on the task, or you're not,'' he said.
LIKE I

I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said.
LIKE I

Married to the Mob.
LIKE I

Hello you're with Drudge.
LIKE I

I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i...
LIKE I

throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick?
LIKE I

I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said.
LIKE I

I'm way flashier on Instagram and Snapchat because I feel like that's what people want to se...
KYLIE JENNER

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I'm not trying to influence anyone else; I'm not saying, 'Do what I do.' I think it&...
KIM KARDASHIAN

I'd like to think I'm a serious legislator and trying to get things done.
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The word's out: I'm a woman, and I'm going to have trouble backing off on that. I am wha...
ELIZABETH WARREN

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A.J. STYLES

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STEVEN WRIGHT

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DAN BROWN

I think the reason that I like so many different games is because I like the way my brain works when...
JOHN ROMERO

Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill
JUDE WATSON

The key is that I'm trying to keep growing and trying to keep learning and deepen my connection ...
FOREST WHITAKER

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CAMPBELL SCOTT

I'm not like a champion of profanity. I write what I hear, and the characters that I write, that...
STEPHEN ADLY GUIRGIS

I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.
TEA OBREHT

Movies have been my way to get out of my backyard. I'm trying to let people know that movies cha...
ADAM BEACH

When I'm doing a photo shoot, I'm not playing a part. I'm just trying to be myself.
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I don't like it when people who are young act like they're 40. That's taking too much on...
TAYLOR SWIFT

Unfortunately, I'm an engineer. I'm always thinking about, what's the task and how do I ...
MICHAEL PORTER

I'm always trying to push for women's rights.
KATE DEL CASTILLO

I'm always trying to emulate guitar. Especially when I'm playing the trombone, that's what I think about. Like, I listen to guitar players every day: Warren Haynes, Lenny Kravitz, Prince, different people. And I'm always trying to find out a way how I can get my trombone to sound like that.

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