"It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for…" — Dave Brubeck

"It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me."

— Dave Brubeck

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48 Quotes by Dave Brubeck

Dave Brubeck has 48 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like to play…
Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances,…
When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes…
And there is a time where you can be beyond yourself. You can be better than your technique. You can…
The worst thing about the life of a jazz musician on the road is getting to the gig. Once you're…
I had the first integrated Army band in World War II.
I wanted to be like my father, who was a cattle man and a rodeo roper. And that was -…
If I told you all the people that have secretly told me I've influenced them, you'd never believe it, and…
My own Brubeck Institute in California is turning out fantastic young jazz players, and I know great things will happen.
When you hear Bach or Mozart, you hear perfection. Remember that Bach, Mozart and Beethoven were great improvisers. I can…
Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a…
I got a poster from Columbia Records, and there's Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Ellington, Count Basie - everybody in that…

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More Inspirational Quotes

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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