"Damn it, when I'm bombastic, I have my reasons. I want to be bombastic-take it or leave it."

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Source : Doug Ramsey, Dave Brubeck, Iola Brubeck, Paul Caulfield (2005). “Take five: the public and private lives of Paul Desmond”, Parkside Pubns

Dave Brubeck

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“I just want to keep laying down really great, strong characters, and the more I go unrecognized, the better job I feel I'm doing.”
“Part of it has to do with this business of being approached in public. I have a distinctive look - it's partly the glasses I wear - and people seem to remember me once they've seen me.”
“You have one business on earth â€“ to save souls.”
“There are only two rules. One is E. M. Forster's guide to Alexandria; the best way to know Alexandria is to wander aimlessly. The second is from the Psalms; grin like a dog and run about through the city.”
“I did auditions at a club called the Comedy Connection. They wanted nothing to do with me. But one night they were doing a night of all women comics, and they invited me to do that.”
“Even when youâ€™d lost everything you thought there was to lose, somebody came along and gave you something for free.”
“A name is important. It isn't something you drop in the litter basket or on the ground. Your name is now people know you. The very mention of your name makes a picture spring to mind, whether it's a picture of clashing fists or a mighty mountain that can't be knocked down. Your name is who you are and how you're known even when you do something great or something dumb.”
“The only thing I want to be defined by is my music and personality.”

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