A biography for Trombone Shortyhasn’t been written yet.
“My grandfather influenced my brother, and my brother was my biggest influence.”
“I didn't know what the word 'genre' meant till I was twenty years old.”
“I think The Meters are like The Beatles to us in New Orleans, you know.”
“People seem to absorb my sound. It feels like they're one with me.”
“No matter what kinds of problems we might be going through, or what kinds of problems the world might be going through, music is the place where we can all get along. We can all jam.”
“I don't know what America would be without New Orleans and the music.”
“New Orleans is like my blood; it's not going anywhere. And then I just take different things that I've learned over the years and add them to what I'm doing with the natural New Orleans sound.”