"I wasn't allowed to play in some universities……" — Dave Brubeck
"I wasn't allowed to play in some universities in the United States and out of twenty-five concerts, twenty-three were canceled unless I would substitute my black bass player for my old white bass player, which I wouldn't do."
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48 Quotes by Dave Brubeck
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There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like to play…
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Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances,…
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When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes…
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And there is a time where you can be beyond yourself. You can be better than your technique. You can…
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The worst thing about the life of a jazz musician on the road is getting to the gig. Once you're…
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I had the first integrated Army band in World War II.
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I wanted to be like my father, who was a cattle man and a rodeo roper. And that was -…
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If I told you all the people that have secretly told me I've influenced them, you'd never believe it, and…
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It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me.
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My own Brubeck Institute in California is turning out fantastic young jazz players, and I know great things will happen.
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When you hear Bach or Mozart, you hear perfection. Remember that Bach, Mozart and Beethoven were great improvisers. I can…
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Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a…
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