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Keith Emerson
British
Musician
About the author
I've never written a book before.
Keith Emerson,
British
Musician
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,
British
Musician
#Play
#Light
We'll be presenting a broad spectrum of the music and looking at how the younger guys can carry it on.
Keith Emerson,
British
Musician
#Music
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,
British
Musician
#People
#Television
#Production
#Credit
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,
British
Musician
#Day
#End
#Result
#Ideas
#Positive
#Fight
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,
British
Musician
#Now
#Sound
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,
British
Musician
#Children
#Sons
#Rebellion
I consider everything I compose a gift.
Keith Emerson,
British
Musician
I don't care who I play to, as long as they enjoy listening to what I play.
Keith Emerson,
British
Musician
#Play
#Listening
#Care
I've gone through hell and back.
Keith Emerson,
British
Musician
#Hell
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,
British
Musician
#Earth
#Open
#Talking
#Journey
I love my mother dearly, but it wouldn't be suitable for me to live with her all the time.
Keith Emerson,
British
Musician
#Time
#Love
#Mother
I remember that I used to mix with my friends who had brothers and sisters. I was an only child.
Keith Emerson,
British
Musician
#Friends
#Brothers
#Sisters
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,
British
Musician
#Sense
#Trying
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,
British
Musician
#Love
#Man
#Help
I'm proud of my kids, they are doing what they want to do.
Keith Emerson,
British
Musician
#Want
#Kids
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,
British
Musician
#Nothing
#America
#Fact
#Name
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,
British
Musician
#Love
#Country
#Pretty
#Jazz
#Music
#Country music
You've got to keep things flying.
Keith Emerson,
British
Musician
#Flying
Next year I'm going to be a guesting soloist with orchestras all over Europe, to start off with.
Keith Emerson,
British
Musician
#Europe
#Orchestras
If they want a photograph, then just take it.
Keith Emerson,
British
Musician
#Want
If it wasn't good, I wouldn't be going back out on tour.
Keith Emerson,
British
Musician
If we didn't do the tour, it would have been disastrous.
Keith Emerson,
British
Musician
If you're a good parent, see the changes that are happening in your kids.
Keith Emerson,
British
Musician
#Kids
My sons are into German music, but they are into all kinds of music.
Keith Emerson,
British
Musician
#Music
#Sons
Since this our first show, I think they'll see us sweat a lot.
Keith Emerson,
British
Musician
#First
The best thing about this band is I'm the leader!
Keith Emerson,
British
Musician
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,
British
Musician
#People
#Running
We can all put weight on or lose weight.
Keith Emerson,
British
Musician
#Weight