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Wynton Marsalis

Trumpeter and composer; artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center

United States

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Question What belief do you hold that most people around you would reject or find surprising? Values & belief read 18 other answers →

I started saying in 1985 I don't think we should have a music talking about niggers and bitches and hoes. It had no impact. I've said it. I've repeated it. I still repeat it. To me, that's more damaging than a statue of Robert E. Lee.

Recorded The Santa Barbara Independent, 27 September 2018 source ↗

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