Jazz Is About Freedom Within Discipline.

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.

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.

I Played A Lot Of Sports And It's The Plays In Basketball That Weren't Worked Out That Are The Ones That Are Just Fantastic That You Remember. We Don't Know The Power That's Within Our Own Bodies.

Concord, California Was A Great Place To Grow Up.

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