Feels Quotes by Jan Garbarek

You have to react to what's around you in the moment, whatever the music is. Just think of it as some place you have…

— Jan Garbarek

If you feel you have the right key, you try to make some phrase or sound that will fit.

— Jan Garbarek

Other times I say: I would very much like to try to do something with this music, but after playing for a few minutes,…

— Jan Garbarek

Coltrane was moving out of jazz into something else. And certainly Miles Davis was doing the same thing.

— Jan Garbarek

I feel very strongly when there's no chance for me to find a key to a piece.

— Jan Garbarek

Sometimes it works, sometimes it fails, but that's what we face when we're dealing with improvisation.

— Jan Garbarek

Jazz, for me, is a closed circuit, like the term baroque in the world of classical music.

— Jan Garbarek

When we are on tour we also take chances.

— Jan Garbarek

There's a certain phraseology involved in jazz, and I've moved away from that.

— Jan Garbarek

The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation.

— Jan Garbarek