Dave Brubeck Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Dave Brubeck quotes and sayings page 2 (deceased musician born on Dec 6, 1920). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 37 we have for him.
“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.”
“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 piece that made me want to be a classical composer.”
“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.”
“When you hear Bach or Mozart, you hear perfection. Remember that Bach, Mozart and Beethoven were great improvisers. I can hear that in their music.”
“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.”
“The first choral music I remember hearing was Handel's 'Messiah' when the Mormon Tabernacle Choir broadcast it over the radio.”
“I had the first integrated Army band in World War II.”
“I knew even if I'm a cowboy, I'm going to be involved in jazz in some way.”
“I used to take my mother to Yosemite. When I turned 14, I got my driver's license, and that's where she'd want to go, so I'd go take her there for two weeks.”
“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.”
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