Delfeayo Marsalis Smithsonian Interview Block 225 (Q13516)

He heard the music. He said, this could be this. This sounds like this. As opposed to - okay, some songs, he said, "Im going to write a song for this," and then wrote the song. A lot of times you hear a song and you say, maybe you intended it to be one thing, but its better served as something else. So, that was it.