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Dave Brubeck Quotes

I played a lot of sports and it’s the plays in basketball that weren’t worked out that are the ones that are just fantastic that you remember. We don’t know the power that’s within our own bodies Picture Quote #1

And there is a time where you can be beyond yourself. You can be better than your technique. You can be better than most of your usual ideas. And this is a whole other category that you can get into Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 chance on making mistakes in order to create something you haven’t created before Picture Quote #1

Kinship doesn’t come from skin color. It’s in your soul and your mind Picture Quote #1

I have more energy at the end than I do at the beginning. You can be so beat up that you can scarcely walk on stage but when you get to the piano the excitement kicks in, you forget about being tired Picture Quote #1

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I knew even if I’m a cowboy, I’m going to be involved in jazz in some way Picture Quote #1

It’s like a whole orchestra, the piano for me. And also it’s to me the greatest instrument. I shouldn’t say that, but I believe that this is the only instrument I can really feel happy about playing Picture Quote #1

What I want to happen is to be really creative, and to play something new in the improvisations, every time Picture Quote #1

When I was first aware that I couldn’t read music I didn’t know I couldn’t read because I could play the music that was in front of me Picture Quote #1

The worst thing about the life of a jazz musician on the road is getting to the gig. Once you’re there and playing, it’s marvelous Picture Quote #1

If I told you all the people that have secretly told me I’ve influenced them, you’d never believe it, and you’ll never see it in print, either Picture Quote #1

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After the Second World War, I returned to California to study composition with Darius Milhaud, who wrote wonderful works like ‘Le Boeuf sur le Toit’ and ‘La Cretion du Monde.’ I especially enjoy his work for two pianos, ‘Scaramouche Picture Quote #1

Jazz is about the only form of art existing today in which there is freedom of the individual without the loss of group contact Picture Quote #1

That's the beauty of music. You can take a theme from a Bach sacred chorale and improvise. It doesn't make any difference where the theme comes from; the treatment of it can be jazz Picture Quote #1

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I played a lot of sports and it’s the plays in basketball that weren’t worked out that are the ones that are just fantastic that you remember. We don’t know the power that’s within our own bodies (Dave Brubeck Quotes) And there is a time where you can be beyond yourself. You can be better than your technique. You can be better than most of your usual ideas. And this is a whole other category that you can get into (Dave Brubeck Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 chance on making mistakes in order to create something you haven’t created before (Dave Brubeck Quotes) Kinship doesn’t come from skin color. It’s in your soul and your mind (Dave Brubeck Quotes) I have more energy at the end than I do at the beginning. You can be so beat up that you can scarcely walk on stage but when you get to the piano the excitement kicks in, you forget about being tired (Dave Brubeck Quotes) I knew even if I’m a cowboy, I’m going to be involved in jazz in some way (Dave Brubeck Quotes) It’s like a whole orchestra, the piano for me. And also it’s to me the greatest instrument. I shouldn’t say that, but I believe that this is the only instrument I can really feel happy about playing (Dave Brubeck Quotes) What I want to happen is to be really creative, and to play something new in the improvisations, every time (Dave Brubeck Quotes) When I was first aware that I couldn’t read music I didn’t know I couldn’t read because I could play the music that was in front of me (Dave Brubeck Quotes) The worst thing about the life of a jazz musician on the road is getting to the gig. Once you’re there and playing, it’s marvelous (Dave Brubeck Quotes) If I told you all the people that have secretly told me I’ve influenced them, you’d never believe it, and you’ll never see it in print, either (Dave Brubeck Quotes) After the Second World War, I returned to California to study composition with Darius Milhaud, who wrote wonderful works like ‘Le Boeuf sur le Toit’ and ‘La Cretion du Monde.’ I especially enjoy his work for two pianos, ‘Scaramouche (Dave Brubeck Quotes) Jazz is about the only form of art existing today in which there is freedom of the individual without the loss of group contact (Dave Brubeck Quotes) That's the beauty of music. You can take a theme from a Bach sacred chorale and improvise. It doesn't make any difference where the theme comes from; the treatment of it can be jazz (Dave Brubeck Quotes)

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