I grew up with the piano. I learned its language as I learned to speak. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes grow language learn
Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple. Keith Jarrett jazzpresentsimple Change image and share on social
You know, when people look at a tree, they look at the leaves; they don't look at the spaces between the leaves. They're focused on the tree. I think there's an awareness of spaces or it wouldn't look like a tree to them. Keith Jarrett awarenessfocusleaf share on social
If I'm not a jazz player all the time, I've at least been cued in to what I do by jazz. Keith Jarrett cuehavejazz Change image and share on social
You make your first album, you make some money, and you feel like you still have to show face, like 'I still go to the projects.' I'm like, why? Your job is to inspire people from your neighborhood to get out. You grew up there. What makes you think it's so cool? Jay-Z albumcoolface share on social
If I'm serious, yes, I'd like to have done what Shakespeare did... to act and write. You learn so much from acting. One of our great writers, Alan Bennett, does both supremely well. When I write a story, I tend to speak it aloud as I'm writing it. Michael Morpurgo actalanaloud share on social
All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth. Antonin Artaud beggarchatterincomprehensible Change image and share on social
