Jazz isn't dead yet. It's the underpinning of everything in this country. Whether it's a Broadway show, or fusion, or right on through classical music, if it's coming out of the U.S., it's not going to survive unless it's got some jazz influence. Dave Brubeck More Quotes by Dave Brubeck More Quotes From Dave Brubeck One of the reasons I believe in jazz is that the oneness of man can come through the rhythm of your heart. It’s the same anyplace in the world, that heartbeat. It’s the first thing you hear when you’re born — or before you’re born — and it’s the last thing you hear. Dave Brubeck music heart believe Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a perfectionist - leave that to the classical musicians. Dave Brubeck musician voice chance There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like to play which is dangerously where you're going to take a chance on making mistakes in order to create something you haven't created before. Dave Brubeck music mistake order Jazz is about the only form of art existing today in which there is freedom of the individual without the loss of group contact. Dave Brubeck music loss art Kinship doesn't come from skin color. It's in your soul and your mind. Dave Brubeck skin-color music soul Damn it, when I'm bombastic, I have my reasons. I want to be bombastic-take it or leave it. Dave Brubeck jazz music want The secret of a great melody is a secret. Dave Brubeck songwriting secret writing 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. Dave Brubeck black player white Art may not have the power to change the course of history, but it can provide a perspective on historical events that needs to be heard, even if it's seldom heeded. After all the temporary influences that once directed the course of history have vanished, great art survives and continues to speak to each generation. Dave Brubeck perspective historical art Many people don't understand how disciplined you have to be to play jazz... And that is really the idea of democracy - freedom within the Constitution or discipline. You don't just get out there and do anything you want. Dave Brubeck discipline play ideas It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me. Dave Brubeck piano-music orchestra jazz Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it just seemed to represent freedom, democracy and the United States. Dave Brubeck russia discipline democracy I think the church should strive to give parishioners good music. Music is as necessary for worship as a building with a beautiful altar, artwork, and stained-glass windows. Together they create an environment conducive to worship and contemplation. We are not in church for entertainment, but to worship. Dave Brubeck beautiful giving thinking Don't be a perfectionist... leave that to the classical musicians. Dave Brubeck perfectionist jazz musician Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Dave Brubeck jazz discipline I have more energy at the end than I do at the beginning. You can be so beat up that you can scarcely walk on stage but when you get to the piano the excitement kicks in, you forget about being tired. Dave Brubeck piano tired energy I'm always hoping for the nights that are inspired where you almost have an out of body experience Dave Brubeck rock-n-roll body night Every individual should be expressing themselves, whether a politician or a minister or a policeman. Dave Brubeck ministers individual politician We don't know the power that's within our own bodies Dave Brubeck body knows Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a jazz pianist who wasn't influenced by European music! Dave Brubeck dukes names thinking
