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Jean-Michel Jarre Quotes

French - Musician | August 24, 1948 -

I understand more when I travel why people believe that the French are arrogant.

Jean-Michel Jarre

Travel People Believe Why Understand

I just had one occasion in my life when suddenly my private life was everywhere, and that was an accident and beyond my control.

Jean-Michel Jarre

Life Control My Life Beyond Just

As a musician, I have always strived for my albums and live performance to render a sound as close as possible to perfection.

Jean-Michel Jarre

Live Perfection Performance Possible

In electronic music, staying behind your laptop for two hours is not too exciting to watch.

Jean-Michel Jarre

Music Two Watch Laptop Exciting

Bands like Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream, who I respect, have a very robotic, dehumanised approach. They're almost an apology for machines. It's very German.

Jean-Michel Jarre

Respect Dream Apology Machines Like

I remember, for my fifth birthday, Chet Baker sat me on the upright piano, and he played just for me for a few minutes. I can still remember the pressure of the air on my chest. It was my first physical contact with sound.

Jean-Michel Jarre

Birthday Me Pressure Remember I Can

All those ethereal string sounds on 'Oxygene IV' come from the VCS3. It was the first European synthesizer, made in England by a guy called Peter Zinoviev. I got one of the first ones.

Jean-Michel Jarre

First Guy Got Come Made Sounds

I wanted to find a bridge between Musique Concrete, electro-acoustic music, and proper rock music.

Jean-Michel Jarre

Music Bridge Find Rock Concrete

The characteristic of 'Oxygene' is a mixture of innocence and ambition, of trying to do something different in a different way.

Jean-Michel Jarre

Ambition Innocence Trying Way

Early music in all kinds of movements is always a mixture of innocence and ambition.

Jean-Michel Jarre

Music Ambition Innocence Early Kinds

When I began making electronic music, the only thing I was thinking about was creating music that I really liked. I didn't think about what effect it would have; I was busy doing it.

Jean-Michel Jarre

Music Busy Think Thinking Doing

The difference between noise and music is in what the musician does with the sounds.

Jean-Michel Jarre

Music Difference Noise Between Does

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