Classical music Quote by Dave Brubeck Download Open image “Don't be a perfectionist... leave that to the classical musicians.” — Dave Brubeck ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Classical music Classical musicians Jazz Music Musician Perfectionist
I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I want to try it again and again, and a lot of times my fellow musicians have to… — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share Image
Perfection bores me, in art, in music; most of all, in people. Luckily, perfection is rare. — Vicki Baum Copy Share Image
People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music. — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
I compulsively reach for perfection in music, often at the expense of everything else in my life. — Stan Getz Copy Share Image
Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I've always been bothered by that assumption. — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
With four perfectionists in the band, we have a hard time reaching perfection. — Adam Jones Copy Share Image
I'm a perfectionist... So to me, if I had my way, a song is never perfect, never finished. — Dia Frampton Copy Share Image
I'm not a perfectionist. I don't have enough patience to go over the same details over and over trying to get it perfect. — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
I think the church should strive to give parishioners good music. Music is as necessary for worship as a building with a beautiful altar,… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
My own Brubeck Institute in California is turning out fantastic young jazz players, and I know great things will happen. — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes and rhythms. That's the… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
Every individual should be expressing themselves, whether a politician or a minister or a policeman. — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
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… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
If there's a deadline, I work late. If not, I like to have normal hours, and get up early and work. When things are… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
My mother Elizabeth Ivey Brubeck was a pianist who studied with Dame Myra Hess and Tobias Matthey. As a child in California I used… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
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… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
After the Second World War, I returned to California to study composition with Darius Milhaud, who wrote wonderful works like 'Le Boeuf sur le… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
I started growing up in a hurry and taking a lot of the philosophy I'd heard from church as a kid a lot more… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
My dad was the manager at the 45,000-acre ranch, but he owned his own 1,200-acre ranch, and I owned four cattle that he gave… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
I'm very fond of classical music, especially Mozart. I find it relaxes me and helps me concentrate. — Guler Sabanci Copy Share Image
It's something he used to say when he was happy. It could be a very, very simple day. We might be sitting out on… — Jennifer Grant Copy Share Image
I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
My influences are jazz, blues, European classical music; they are rock music and pop music. So many kinds of music. World music from different… — Rokia Traore Copy Share Image
My roots are in classical music and jazz, and I want the freedom of being able to improvise. This freedom is possible only in… — Adnan Sami Copy Share Image
You know how some people seem to think that their love for classical music makes them spiritual or at least something quite special? And… — Ruth Stout Copy Share Image
I have been exposed to different kinds of Marathi and Hindi music, classical music, and English songs since childhood. — Urmila Matondkar Copy Share Image
I have never heard enough classical music to be able to enjoy it; & the simple truth is, I detest it. Not mildly, but… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Obviously there are pieces of classical music that are some of the most beautiful music ever written, for me anyway is a lot of… — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
I know this will blow your mind, but most people would probably never ever get it, but I listen to classical music when nobody… — Vanilla Ice Copy Share Image
“Finally, every society develops a system of aesthetic standards that get manifested in everything from decorative art, music, and dance to the architecture and… — David Livermore Copy Share Image
