Dave Brubeck

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

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

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

It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me.
-Dave Brubeck

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

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