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I had the first integrated Army band in World War II. — Dave Brubeck

My own Brubeck Institute in California is turning out fantastic young jazz players, and I know great things will happen. — Dave Brubeck

Once when asked how I would like to be remembered, I answered, "As someone who opened doors. — Dave Brubeck

When I was first aware that I couldn't read music I didn't know I couldn't read because I could play the music that was in front of me. — Dave Brubeck

He wished he were home in Charleston, listening to the Dave Brubeck Quartet on the stereo and reading Bruce Catton. — Dan Simmons

Few behaviors of other people are more irritating than those that display our own faults in an unattractive way. — John Verdon

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. — Dave Brubeck

Jazz stands for freedom. — Dave Brubeck

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. — Dave Brubeck

I knew even if I'm a cowboy, I'm going to be involved in jazz in some way. — Dave Brubeck

The world will never be converted to God unitl Christians cry less and laugh and sing more. — Charles Spurgeon

Truth for us is simply a collective name for verification processes — William James

As a kid, I used to go see all the jazz players, Oscar Peterson, Stan Kenton, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespe. — Jim Coleman

We don't know the power that's within our own bodies. — Dave Brubeck

For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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. — Dave Brubeck

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. — Dave Brubeck

I never wanted this kind of life that Im still living. — Dave Brubeck

Every individual should be expressing themselves, whether a politician or a minister or a policeman. — Dave Brubeck

I wanted to be like my father, who was a cattle man and a rodeo roper. And that was - he was my hero, and I wanted to be more like him. — Dave Brubeck

The secret of a great melody is a secret. — Dave Brubeck

What I want to happen is to be really creative, and to play something new in the improvisations, every time. — Dave Brubeck

Concord, California was a great place to grow up. — Dave Brubeck

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

The first choral music I remember hearing was Handel's 'Messiah' when the Mormon Tabernacle Choir broadcast it over the radio. — Dave Brubeck

You have to be taught to hate. — Dave Brubeck

Your mother's heartbeat is the first sound you ever hear and your own heartbeat is the last. — Dave Brubeck

Damn it, when I'm bombastic, I have my reasons. I want to be bombastic-take it or leave it. — Dave Brubeck

You could play probably a span of 50 years of me playing St. Louis Blues, and most of the time it will be different every time. — Dave Brubeck

God's Word is your owner's manual for life. It contains principles for health, finance, marriage, other relationships, business, and much more. — Rick Warren

I prefer no one to teach me. I prefer to swing on my own. — Dave Brubeck

Kinship doesn't come from skin color. It's in your soul and your mind. — Dave Brubeck

I'm always hoping for the nights that are inspired where you almost have an out of body experience. — Dave Brubeck

When things are going well, I hate to quit. — Dave Brubeck