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> [You know, when people look at a tree, they look at the leaves; they don't look at the spaces between the leaves. They're focused on the tree. I think there's an awareness of spaces or it wouldn't look like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-jarrett/you-know-when-people-look-at-a-tree-they-look-at-the-leaves-they-don/)

[Keith Jarrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-jarrett/)

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## More by Keith Jarrett

> [I grew up with the piano. I learned its language as I learned to speak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-jarrett/i-grew-up-with-the-piano-i-learned-its-language-as-i-learned-to-speak/)

[Keith Jarrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-jarrett/)

> [I believe that a truly valuable artist must be an artist who realizes the impossibility of his task -and then continues to do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-jarrett/i-believe-that-a-truly-valuable-artist-must-be-an-artist-who-realizes/)

[Keith Jarrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-jarrett/)

> [If a person plays dissonance long enough, it will sound like consonance. It's a language that was alien and then it's less and less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-jarrett/if-a-person-plays-dissonance-long-enough-it-will-sound-like/)

[Keith Jarrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-jarrett/i-realized-that-improvisers-should-probably-always-have-time-off-but/)

[Keith Jarrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-jarrett/)

> [Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-jarrett/jazz-is-there-and-gone-it-happens-you-have-to-be-present-for-it-that/)

[Keith Jarrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-jarrett/)

> [I cannot say what I think is right about Music. I only know the rightness of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-jarrett/i-cannot-say-what-i-think-is-right-about-music-i-only-know-the/)

[Keith Jarrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-jarrett/)

> [When I joined the band I didn't know any of the tunes, and when I left the band I didn't know any of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-jarrett/when-i-joined-the-band-i-didn-t-know-any-of-the-tunes-and-when-i-left/)

[Keith Jarrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-jarrett/)

> [If music is sound & came from silence, then silence is potentially greater than sound.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-jarrett/if-music-is-sound-came-from-silence-then-silence-is-potentially/)

[Keith Jarrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-jarrett/)

> [The way I think about the practicing, it is my undercover work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-jarrett/the-way-i-think-about-the-practicing-it-is-my-undercover-work/)

[Keith Jarrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-jarrett/)

> [Creativity is what makes humanity move. We were created to participate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-jarrett/creativity-is-what-makes-humanity-move-we-were-created-to-participate/)

[Keith Jarrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-jarrett/)

> [ I've never heard anything Wynton \[Marsalis\] played sound like it meant anything at all. Wynton has no voice and no presence. His music sounds… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-jarrett/i-ve-never-heard-anything-wynton-marsalis-played-sound-like-it-meant/)

[Keith Jarrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-jarrett/)

> [If you already have a piece of music ingrained in your body, why would you not play it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-jarrett/if-you-already-have-a-piece-of-music-ingrained-in-your-body-why-would/)

[Keith Jarrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-jarrett/)

> [I can't even tolerate my own playing on electric keyboards. It's not about the musical ideas - the sound itself is toxic. It's like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-jarrett/i-can-t-even-tolerate-my-own-playing-on-electric-keyboards-it-s-not/)

[Keith Jarrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-jarrett/)

> [When you're up against an electric band like that, it's like you're on two separate planets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-jarrett/when-you-re-up-against-an-electric-band-like-that-it-s-like-you-re-on/)

[Keith Jarrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-jarrett/)

> [I actually get a metallic taste in my mouth when I think about electric music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-jarrett/i-actually-get-a-metallic-taste-in-my-mouth-when-i-think-about/)

[Keith Jarrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-jarrett/)

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