American - Composer | May 8, 1945 -
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 I hear a sound on the keyboard, all theories go out the window.
Keith Jarrett
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Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple.
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Your own music comes out of your head and emotions, but it's not etched in your system.
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I cannot say what I think is right about music. I only know the rightness of it.
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Musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute.
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If you already have a piece of music ingrained in your body, why would you not play it?
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We really never know what we're gonna play when we get on stage.
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Once we're inside a tune, we can do anything with it.
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When you're up against an electric band like that, it's like you're on two separate planets.
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I don't like recording studios - except my own, which is just a little room above the garage.
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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 or your heart.
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I grew up with the piano. I learned its language as I learned to speak.
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