Author: Keith Jarrett

Quotes

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

Musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute.

Musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute.

- Keith Jarrett

I cannot say what I think is right about music. I only know the rightness of it.

I cannot say what I think is right about music. I only know the rightness of 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

I am a romantic, I admit it.

I am a romantic, I admit it.

- 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

Your own music comes out of your head and emotions, but it's not etched in your system.

Your own music comes out of your head and emotions, but it's not etched in your system.

- 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

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