Dave Brubeck Quotes
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.
Quotes to Explore
-
Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.
-
The marketability, the success of a book, ultimately rests with whether or not people will find the concept/characters/title/cover appealing.
-
Once you avoid the things that accelerate aging like smoking, obesity, excessive alcohol consumption, and excessive sun exposure, you've done about as much as you can to influence your aging process.
-
I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.
-
I'm a decent tennis player. Good backhand.
-
I listen to 'deep dish house'.
-
I was a home-schooled kid, living in the forest, and I didn't even have cable. I'm serious.
-
I do big films just to experience personal satisfaction.
-
Open-minded tech tinkerers may still prefer traditional PCs for work because they allow much more customization than, say, an iPad.
-
It's actually harder to write a fun song.
-
If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.
-
I've never listened to an album once I've finished it. All I hear is what I should've done different. I beat myself up over it.
-
I have an insatiable palate. I'll try anything once, with an open mind. However, there is a special place in my heart for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. Don't get me wrong, I've sampled specialty Mac & Cheese all over the world, but nothing competes with the stuff I grew up on.
-
I was not really as good as I should have been.
-
It's been said that the men in my books have been absent, or weak, or creepy.
-
Life is just a set of experiences. As long as there are new experiences for me in a corporate job, I don't think I have to be an entrepreneur.
-
God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.
-
Exercise is roughly equivalent to an oil lube and a filter for a car. You don't have to do it, but when you do, it makes the car run a lot better.
-
I just don't think I'm that interesting. I don't think what I have to say is that interesting. To hear me go blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I mean, who... cares?
-
That President Mohammad Khatami's policies have been blocked is the bitterest incident in the contemporary Iranian history. This means that the wishes of millions of people who voted for Khatami and called for freedom and justice have been ignored... Why should cultural activities and journalism be so risky in Iran?
-
Axiom: Novel must have either one living character or a perfect pattern: fails otherwise.
-
There' s nothing good in war. Except its ending.
-
I didn't go to acting school, but I've been observing my fellow man for 66 years now, and I would think that's the best school there is.
-
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.
