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I played trumpet in school once because I joined band because a cute boy played trumpet too. And I was really bad at trumpet.

I do a mean mouth trumpet.

I'm a trumpet player, and I sing jazz.

As long as I have teeth, I'll keep playing. You can't play trumpet without teeth.

To play the trumpet, you must train your lips for a long time. When I was twelve or thirteen I was a good player, but I lost the skill and now I play very badly. I do it every day even so. The reason is that I want to return to my childhood. For me, the trumpet is evidence of the sort of young man I was.

I just learned my lyrics and tried not to bump into the trumpet player. That was my philosophy.

I played the trumpet a bit like a porker, I think.

When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly.

My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and I played always soulful or very direct from the gut.