"Remember, you only have to succeed the last time."

“COME ON, I KNOW THE WEIRDEST THING. THE WEIRDEST THING IS THAT CHICK ............THAT CAME UP AND ASKED ME TO CUT HER WITH A KNIFE. ISN'T THAT THE WEIRDEST THING?”

“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.”

Source : "Keith Jarrett, Part II: The Q&A". Interview with David Shenk, www.theatlantic.com. October 13, 2009.

“As many conventionally unhappy parents did in the 1950s, my parents stayed together for the sake of the children—they divorced after my youngest brother left home for college. I only wish they had known that modeling their dysfunctional relationship was far more damaging to their children than their separation would have been.”

“When we bury our feelings, we also bury ourselves. It means we exist in a state of alienation. We rarely know it, but we are lonely for ourselves.”

“I fell in love with folk music at Surprise Lake Camp. It was the songs of Woody Guthrie and the Weavers.”

“I do not believe the picture that some people paint of Scottish towns dependent on welfare. Every time I come here, I meet people who are determined to get into work. Who, with the right help are desperate to get off benefits, support their family and set an example for their children.”

Source : "An independent Scotland could not pay welfare bill, says Iain Duncan Smith". www.theguardian.com. September 18, 2012.

“Sex sells, but doesn't work so well as a strong-arm tactic. Give me your purse or I'll make out with you so hard.”

“I do a lot of yoga. I practice yoga three or four times a week. It's an escape for me.”