I knew even if I'm a cowboy, I'm going to be involved in jazz in some way.
Interpretation
The quote expresses the idea of integrating one's passions and interests regardless of their conventional roles.
In this quote, Dave Brubeck highlights the importance of personal identity and creativity, suggesting that one can pursue multiple interests or passions, such as being a cowboy and engaging in jazz music. It emphasizes the idea that personal fulfillment comes from embracing a diverse range of experiences and self-expressions, rather than conforming strictly to societal roles.
In practice
This quote can be used in a discussion about pursuing art in unconventional careers.
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.
When you hear Bach or Mozart, you hear perfection. Remember that Bach, Mozart and Beethoven were great improvisers. I can hear that in their music.
What I want to happen is to be really creative, and to play something new in the improvisations, every time.
Many people don't understand how disciplined you have to be to play jazz... And that is really the idea of democracy - freedom within the Constitution or discipline. You don't just get out there and do anything you want.
I’m beginning to understand myself. But it would have been great to be able to understand myself when I was 20 rather than when I was 82.
I got a poster from Columbia Records, and there's Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Ellington, Count Basie - everybody in that poster has died, I'm the only one left. And great players like Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan, it's hard to believe they're gone because we were all so close. But I believe in the future and the tradition will go on.
There's no retirement for an artist,its your way of living so theres no end to it.
I attempt to create a form of seriocomic entertainment to either delight, enlighten, or disgust, whichever you'd like. In terms of making motion pictures, I write and direct and act. I guess you'd say I'm a filmmaker.
Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul.
Most bands out there are basically pretty boring. I try to affect people inside their bodies.
The beautiful is as useful as the useful." He added after a moment’s silence, "Perhaps more so.
The artist produces for the liberation of his soul.
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