Keith Jarrett Quotes


"When you're up against an electric band like that, it's like you're on two separate planets."
- Keith Jarrett
"I don't like recording studios - except my own, which is just a little room above the garage."
- Keith Jarrett
"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."
- Keith Jarrett
(Related: Heart, Ideas, Skin, Talking)

"If you already have a piece of music ingrained in your body, why would you not play it?"
- Keith Jarrett
(Related: Music, Body, Play)

"Musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute."
- Keith Jarrett
(Related: Chance, Musicians)

"We really never know what we're gonna play when we get on stage."
- Keith Jarrett
(Related: Play)

"Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple."
- Keith Jarrett
(Related: Jazz, Present)

"I cannot say what I think is right about music. I only know the rightness of it."
- Keith Jarrett
(Related: Music, Right)