All Keith Jarrett Quotes
- 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 tunes! Any
- ... The 'cleverness' syndrome has taken the place of melody. It's like everyone has come down with this terrible disease in jazz....you are always expected… Always Expected
- 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… Electric
- When you're up against an electric band like that, it's like you're on two separate planets. Band
- Once we're inside a tune, we can do anything with it. Funny
- Ideally, I'd like to be the eternal novice, for then only the surprises would be endless. Endless
- Creativity is what makes humanity move. We were created to participate. Created
- I actually get a metallic taste in my mouth when I think about electric music. Actually Get
- I'm my own most merciless critic onstage. Critic
- 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… All
- 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 like… All
- If you already have a piece of music ingrained in your body, why would you not play it? Body
- Musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute. Always Gigging
- I am a romantic, I admit it. Admit
- I grew up with the piano. I learned its language as I learned to speak. Grew
- If I'm not a jazz player all the time, I've at least been cued in to what I do by jazz. All
- One thing you learn: if you want to reveal yourself, you also have to know where to stop. Funny
- The way I think about the practicing, it is my undercover work. Inspirational
- 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… Audience
- Your own music comes out of your head and emotions, but it's not etched in your system. Emotion
- 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 eating… Broccoli
- 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… Always Gigging
- 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 alien… Alien
- We accept so many things that come through the media; we get used to them, however vigilant we are. But for any creative art, you… Accept
- 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… Awareness