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.
You canβt bring an unwritten place to life without losing something substantial. Manila is the cradle, the graveyard, the memory. The Mecca, the Cathedral, the bordello. The shopping mall, the urinal, the discotheque. Iβm hardly speaking in metaphor. Itβs the most impermeable of cities. How does one convey all that?
It was only until I started to be myself that the music started to flow and people started to listen. So, thank you guys...
I grew up like Athena β covered with playing cards instead of armor β and, at the age of seven, materialized on a TV show, doing magic.
My goal as a creative person is to express truth and beauty in whatever I do
Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something.
A hint - don't paint too much direct from nature. Art is an abstraction! study nature then brood on it and treasure the creation which will result, which is the only way to ascend towards God - to create like our Divine Master.
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