Dave Brubeck Smithsonian Interview Block 167 (Q7078)

Absolutely. I did not want to go to college. So my mother saw to it that a guy from San Rafael military academy would come and pick me up and take me to the academy. He did that. I went down there, and I hated it royally in about a half hour. Then he returned me home, and my dad said, "The academy - would you like to go there? " I said, "No. " He said, "Your mother thinks you should go there. ...