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 Copy Share Image
If you feel you have the right key, you try to make some phrase or sound that will fit. — Jan Garbarek Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Coltrane was moving out of jazz into something else. And certainly Miles Davis was doing the same thing. — Jan Garbarek Copy Share Image
I feel very strongly when there's no chance for me to find a key to a piece. — Jan Garbarek Copy Share Image
Sometimes it works, sometimes it fails, but that's what we face when we're dealing with improvisation. — Jan Garbarek Copy Share Image
Jazz, for me, is a closed circuit, like the term baroque in the world of classical music. — Jan Garbarek Copy Share Image
There's a certain phraseology involved in jazz, and I've moved away from that. — Jan Garbarek Copy Share Image
