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Dave Brubeck
American
Musician
About the author
We don't know the power that's within our own bodies.
Dave Brubeck,
American
Musician
#Power
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,
American
Musician
#Chance
#Play
#Mistakes
#Order
It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me.
Dave Brubeck,
American
Musician
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,
American
Musician
#Beginning
I'm always hoping for the nights that are inspired where you almost have an out of body experience.
Dave Brubeck,
American
Musician
#Experience
#Body
I had the first integrated Army band in World War II.
Dave Brubeck,
American
Musician
#World
#War
#First
#Army
#World war
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.
Dave Brubeck,
American
Musician
#Time
#Ideas