Author: Keith Jarrett

Quotes

I am a romantic, I admit it.

I am a romantic, I admit it.

- Keith Jarrett

I actually get a metallic taste in my mouth when I think about electric music.

I actually get a metallic taste in my mouth when I think about electric music.

- Keith Jarrett

Music always turns into music. As soon as I play a key, push a key down, there's no theory any more. When I go and I hear a sound on the keyboard, all theories go out the window.

Music always turns into music. As soon as I play a key, push a key down, there's no theory any more. When I go and I hear a sound on the keyboard, all theories go out the window.

- Keith Jarrett

The way I think about the practicing, it is my undercover work.

The way I think about the practicing, it is my undercover work.

- Keith Jarrett

If you already have a piece of music ingrained in your body, why would you not play it?

If you already have a piece of music ingrained in your body, why would you not play it?

- Keith Jarrett

When you're on stage you have a very strange knowledge of what the audience is. It isn't exactly a sound - it's a hum, like the streets.

When you're on stage you have a very strange knowledge of what the audience is. It isn't exactly a sound - it's a hum, like the streets.

- Keith Jarrett

I'm not talking ideas, or even presentation. It's like in politics: You have to sell something to become an electric player - like your skin or your heart.

I'm not talking ideas, or even presentation. It's like in politics: You have to sell something to become an electric player - like your skin or your heart.

- Keith Jarrett

If I'm not a jazz player all the time, I've at least been cued in to what I do by jazz.

If I'm not a jazz player all the time, I've at least been cued in to what I do by jazz.

- Keith Jarrett

I realized that improvisers should probably always have time off. But musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute - unless something drastic occurs.

I realized that improvisers should probably always have time off. But musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute - unless something drastic occurs.

- Keith Jarrett

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