06/02/2009 Quotes: BRANFORD MARSALIS

Musicians are always talking about, ‘Why isn’t jazz popular?’ But musicians today are completely devoid of charisma. People never really liked the music in the first place. So now you have musicians who are proficient at playing instruments, and people sit there, and it’s just boring to them – because they’re trying to see something or feel it.
New York Times, 2006