Keith Emerson famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

If youre a good parent, see the changes that are happening in your kids.
-- Keith Emerson

#Kids #Parent #Good Parent
We can all put weight on or lose weight.
-- Keith Emerson

#Weight #Lose Weight
Ive broken my nose, Ive 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

#America #Names #Broken
My sons are into German music, but they are into all kinds of music.
-- Keith Emerson

#Son #Kind #My Son
The best thing about this band is I'm the leader!
-- Keith Emerson

#Leadership #Leader #Band
If we didn't do the tour, it would have been disastrous.
-- Keith Emerson

#Journey
To this day, H.R. Giger's work remains distinctive in every sense. He is frighteningly unique.
-- Keith Emerson

#Unique #Remains #This Day
If it wasn't good, I wouldn't be going back out on tour.
-- Keith Emerson
Next year I'm going to be a guesting soloist with orchestras all over Europe, to start off with.
-- Keith Emerson

#Years #Europe #Orchestra
I've gone through hell and back.
-- Keith Emerson

#Gone #Hell
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

#Suicidal #Men #Lakes
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

#Nice #Trying #Notes
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

#Unhappy #Sound #Kind
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

#Teacher #Children #Son
If they want a photograph, then just take it.
-- Keith Emerson

#Want #Photograph
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

#Play #Long #Listening
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

#Country #Player #Bass
I love my mother dearly, but it wouldn't be suitable for me to live with her all the time.
-- Keith Emerson

#Mother #I Love My Mother
I remember that I used to mix with my friends who had brothers and sisters. I was an only child.
-- Keith Emerson

#Brother #Children #Only Child
I'm proud of my kids, they are doing what they want to do.
-- Keith Emerson

#Kids #Want #Proud
You've got to keep things flying.
-- Keith Emerson

#Flying

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