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.
It is entirely possible to create something totally artificial within the realms of rock and roll.
A scientist can pretend that his work isn't himself, it's merely the impersonal truth. An artist can't hide behind the truth. He can't hide anywhere.
When I shoot, I try to feel the body and the face and the weight of the actor, because the character until that moment is only in the pages of the script. And very often, I pull from the life of my actors. I'm always curious about what these characters and these actors are hiding about their lives.
In the writing of poetry we never know anything for sure. We will never know if we have 'trained' or 'practised' enough. We will never be able to say that we have reached grade eight, or that we have left the grades behind and are now embarked on an advanced training.
I never see one woman when I design, it's always a universe of women
When you're a ranchera singer, you represent your country. It's a God-given gift.
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