>> marsalis: i'm afraid of that... >> marsalis: i travel across the country. >> safer: ...by car. you won't get on a plane. >> marsalis: i love it, too. i get to stop at people's homes. i get to get good meals. i get to connect with all the people i've known. >> safer: he took to the car after a white-knuckle flight years ago. traveling overseas, though, he has no choice but to bite the bullet and fly. >> marsalis: i don't really have to steel myself, especially if i'm with my guys. then, they're teasing me the whole time. so i have to... >> safer: put on a brave face. >> marsalis: ...have to act like i'm not afraid of it. but some of the ones that are teasing me are afraid, too. so we're all acting. ( laughs ) ♪ ♪ >> safer: it's tuesday, so it must be london. wherever they travel, marsalis and company are hailed as america's best. and local music royalty, like rocker eric clapton, come to pay their respects. and chatting in the shadow of the tower bridge, marsalis says that, for all his renown and decades of experie