"The secret of a great melody is a…" — Dave Brubeck

"The secret of a great melody is a secret."

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

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