Author: Keith Jarrett

Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 am a romantic, I admit it.

I am a romantic, I admit it.

- Keith Jarrett

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