When Things Are Going Well, I Hate

My Mother Elizabeth Ivey Brubeck Was A Pianist Who Studied With Dame Myra Hess And Tobias Matthey. As A Child In California I Used To Listen To Her Play Chopin.

Concord, California Was A Great Place To Grow Up.

Do You Think Duke Ellington Didn't Listen To Debussy? Louis Armstrong Loved Opera, Did You Know That? Name Me A Jazz Pianist Who Wasn't Influenced By European Music!

Every Individual Should Be Expressing Themselves, Whether A Politician Or A Minister Or A Policeman.

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