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Type: Musician Quotes Category: British Musician Quotes Date of Birth: November 2, 1944 Nationality: British Find on Amazon: Keith Emerson Related Authors: Sting Brian Eno Cat Stevens Van Morrison Siobhan Fahey Freddie Mercury Gavin Rossdale Robbie Williams |
At the Isle of Wight, the sound went out and kind of kept on going. And I wasn't... when I came off stage I was kind of unhappy about how we had played. But now, I listen back to those recordings and it's not bad.
Keith Emerson Find a good teacher, as I found for my sons. I feel the worst thing you can do is to try and teach your own children yourself, because there is a natural rebellion that occurs. Keith Emerson I consider everything I compose a gift. Keith Emerson I don't care who I play to, as long as they enjoy listening to what I play. Keith Emerson I don't regard myself as a great classical or jazz pianist. I like country music, but I'm not a great player. I just like music. Drums 'n' bass is pretty exciting and I'd love to explore it. Keith Emerson I guess when Rick is finished with his Journey to the Centre of the Earth, then we might have a go at something. We'd like to, we're open to it, and we've been talking about it. Keith Emerson I had written movie scores, television series, played with other people. Carl had done the same with Asia, with other bands, everything. We weren't about to entrust Greg automatically with a production credit. Keith Emerson I love my mother dearly, but it wouldn't be suitable for me to live with her all the time. Keith Emerson I remember that I used to mix with my friends who had brothers and sisters. I was an only child. Keith Emerson I was always playing the Hammond Organ back to front even during the days of the Nice, going back to 1968. Really what I was doing there, was choosing notes at random and trying to make some sense of them, improvising back to front. Keith Emerson I'm not a rich man, and Greg Lake is certainly not. I don't know how he can survive. I don't know how he can be that suicidal. But having said that, I'd love to be there to help Greg. Keith Emerson I'm probably too forgiving sometimes. You have to understand that when you have a commitment to do a tour, you have to keep everything on an up level. Keith Emerson I'm proud of my kids, they are doing what they want to do. Keith Emerson I've broken my nose, I've broken ribs. You name it. In fact, we just got back from South America, and I fell over a monitor speaker on the stage and almost ended up in the front row of the audience. I managed to sprain my wrist on that one but luckily nothing was broken. Keith Emerson I've gone through hell and back. Keith Emerson I've never written a book before. Keith Emerson If it wasn't good, I wouldn't be going back out on tour. Keith Emerson If they want a photograph, then just take it. Keith Emerson If we didn't do the tour, it would have been disastrous. Keith Emerson If you're a good parent, see the changes that are happening in your kids. Keith Emerson My mother had all these scrap books she kept and the reviews, I was also fortunate to have a list of every gig I've ever played in my life. Keith Emerson My sons are into German music, but they are into all kinds of music. Keith Emerson Next year I'm going to be a guesting soloist with orchestras all over Europe, to start off with. Keith Emerson Since this our first show, I think they'll see us sweat a lot. Keith Emerson The best thing about this band is I'm the leader! Keith Emerson There's a clip where he had someone miming me running around from keyboard to keyboard. Oh dear, I am sure a lot of people didn't know what he was going on about. Keith Emerson They were keen for me still to play the piano, which I was going to, but 45 minutes of piano would be extremely boring. I like a bit of light and shade. Keith Emerson We can all put weight on or lose weight. Keith Emerson We manage to bounce ideas off one another. Every band fights, but at the end of the day, we're very positive about the way we fight. At least we come out with a result. Keith Emerson We set the stage worldwide to go into the new millenium. I have all the music. Carl Palmer loves the music, he wants to play it. Keith Emerson We'll be presenting a broad spectrum of the music and looking at how the younger guys can carry it on. Keith Emerson What can you do? You've gotta move on. Keith Emerson What we're doing is a retrospective, a refined look at how far we've come in what's known as progressive music and investigate and explore that. Keith Emerson You've got to keep things flying. Keith Emerson |
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