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I don't like recording studios - except my own, which is just a little room above the garage.

~Keith Jarrett

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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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I am a romantic, I admit it.

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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 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 plastic broccoli.

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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 - unless something drastic occurs.

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One thing you learn: if you want to reveal yourself, you also have to know where to stop.

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I'm my own most merciless critic onstage.

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The way I think about the practicing, it is my undercover work.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Composer

Born: May 8th, 1945

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