Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a perfectionist - leave that to the classical musicians.
Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it just seemed… - Dave Brubeck
Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it just seemed…
- Dave Brubeck
I got a poster from Columbia Records, and there's Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Ellington, Count Basie - everybody in that poster has died, I'm the on… - Dave Brubeck
I got a poster from Columbia Records, and there's Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Ellington, Count Basie - everybody in that poster has died, I'm the on…
Don't be a perfectionist... leave that to the classical musicians. - Dave Brubeck
Don't be a perfectionist... leave that to the classical musicians.
When things are going well, I hate to quit. - Dave Brubeck
When things are going well, I hate to quit.
I don't think you can separate a person's "style" and his persona. If you're writing or improvising honestly, you will inevitably reflect who you are. - Dave Brubeck
I don't think you can separate a person's "style" and his persona. If you're writing or improvising honestly, you will inevitably reflect who you are.
Kinship doesn't come from skin color. It's in your soul and your mind. - Dave Brubeck
Kinship doesn't come from skin color. It's in your soul and your mind.
Art may not have the power to change the course of history, but it can provide a perspective on historical events that needs to be heard, even if it'… - Dave Brubeck
Art may not have the power to change the course of history, but it can provide a perspective on historical events that needs to be heard, even if it'…
There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like to play which is dangerously where you're going to take a cha… - Dave Brubeck
There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like to play which is dangerously where you're going to take a cha…
I’m beginning to understand myself. But it would have been great to be able to understand myself when I was 20 rather than when I was 82. - Dave Brubeck
I’m beginning to understand myself. But it would have been great to be able to understand myself when I was 20 rather than when I was 82.
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