#ian

I have more energy at the end than I do at the beginning. You can be so beat up that you can scarcely walk on stage but when you get to the piano the excitement kicks in, you forget about being tired. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#beat #beginning #being #end #energy

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. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#classical #freedom #get #improvise #jazz

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. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#getting #gig #jazz #jazz musician #life

The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds. ↗

— Lenny Bruce

#comedian #every #fifteen #laugh #make

Unbelief puts our circumstances between us and God; faith puts God between us and our circumstances. ↗

— Tracie Miles

#believe #christianity #faith #god #trust

The liberal feminist movement never imagined that women would take seriously the encouragement to become our own heroes and claim life for ourselves, on our terms, no matter who we are. Pro-choice and pro-life, Christian and not, poor and rich, black, white, gay and straight. It is a dream we all hold dear, and it's called the Tea Party. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

#black #called #christian #claim #dear

The piano is kind of my second instrument. ↗

— Bill Bruford

#kind #piano #second

My father is an Algerian, proud of who he is and I am proud that my father is Algerian. ↗

— Zinedine Zidane

#am #father #i #i am #proud

The project which we developed, however, was for a sound piece and I was initially curious that a sculptor should be interested in working with a musician, especially on a project for radio. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

#developed #especially #however #i #initially

Ibsen was Norwegian by birth, but universal in spirit. ↗

— Liv Ullmann

#ibsen #norwegian #spirit #universal