If you already have a piece of music ingrained in your body, why would you not play it?
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of expressing one's innermost feelings and creativity.
Keith Jarrett's quote suggests that when you are deeply connected to something, such as music, it becomes an integral part of you. The act of playing or expressing this ingrained art form is not just a choice but a natural inclination, urging individuals to embrace their talents and inner creativity rather than holding back.
In practice
A musician might use this quote to inspire a group of students before a performance.
... 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 to do your own material, which is a strange thing to do if you're a poor composer but a great player.
Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple.
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.
There's an old saying: 'No piece of writing is ever finished, it's just abandoned.' But my own rule is: No piece of work is done until you want to kill everyone involved in the publishing process, especially yourself.
Music from my fourth year began to be the first of my youthful occupations. Thus early acquainted with the gracious muse who tuned my soul to pure harmonies, I became fond of her, and, as it often seemed to me, she of me.
The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.
When you write, you want to get rid of the world, don’t you? Of course you do. When you’re writing, you’re creating your own worlds.
She didn't even have to smile, and she rarely did outside her house--it was the eyes, her dancer's carriage, the way she seemed to deliberate over the smallest movement of her body.
Singing has been a cherished gift, and my inability to sing has been a devastating blow.
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