I Had The First Integrated Army Band

I Prefer No One To Teach Me. I Prefer To Swing On My Own.

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.

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.

My Own Brubeck Institute In California Is Turning Out Fantastic Young Jazz Players, And I Know Great Things Will Happen.

I Started Growing Up In A Hurry And Taking A Lot Of The Philosophy I'd Heard From Church As A Kid A Lot More Seriously - Especially The Ten Commandments - And Wondering How 'thou Shalt Not Kill' Could Be So Absolutely Ignored. It Took Me Until I Was In My 40s To Write What I Was Thinking As A Young Soldier.