#la

If there's a deadline, I work late. If not, I like to have normal hours, and get up early and work. When things are going well, I hate to quit. And then I'll work 'till exhausted. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#early #exhausted #get #going #hate

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

What I want to happen is to be really creative, and to play something new in the improvisations, every time. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#every #every time #happen #i #new

When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes and rhythms. That's the piece that made me want to be a classical composer. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#composer #favorite #fifth #find #his

When I was first aware that I couldn't read music I didn't know I couldn't read because I could play the music that was in front of me. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#because #could #first #front #i

The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it... try to fake three laughs in an hour - ha ha ha ha ha - they'll take you away, man. You can't. ↗

— Lenny Bruce

#art form #away #comedy #fake #form

It's the first time it's happened to me and maybe the last. It's a strange sensation, not normal for me. I can't remember scoring three goals, even when I was a kid. ↗

— Zinedine Zidane

#first #first time #goals #happened #i

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

I am first of all from La Castellane and Marseille. ↗

— Zinedine Zidane

#first #first of all #i #i am #la