I Had The First Integrated Army Band

Kinship Doesn't Come From Skin Color. It's In Your Soul And Your Mind.

Damn It, When I'm Bombastic, I Have My Reasons. I Want To Be Bombastic-take It Or Leave It.

You Have To Be Taught To 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.

Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, And Many Other Great Jazz Musicians Objected To Their Music Being Called Jazz. While The Outside World May Want To Put A Label On It, Those Who Create It Think Of It Just As Music, And Tend Not To Classify It.