It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me.

I think the church should strive to give parishioners good music. Music is as necessary for worship as a building with a beautiful altar, artwork, and stained-glass windows. Together they create an environment conducive to worship and contemplation. We are not in church for entertainment, but to worship.

Don't be a perfectionist... leave that to the classical musicians.

I'm always hoping for the nights that are inspired where you almost have an out of body experience

If I told you all the people that have secretly told me I've influenced them, you'd never believe it, and you'll never see it in print, either.

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.

I wanted to be like my father, who was a cattle man and a rodeo roper. And that was - he was my hero, and I wanted to be more like him.