Author: Keith Jarrett

Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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