Keith Emerson Quotes

• I love my mother dearly, but it wouldn’t be suitable for me to live with her all the time.

  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 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 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 don’t care who I play to, as long as they enjoy listening to what I play.

  Keith Emerson

• I consider everything I compose a gift.

  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

• 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

• We can all put weight on or lose weight.

  Keith Emerson

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Keith Emerson (29)

Birth:	2nd November, 1944
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Lyricist, Musician

About

Keith Noel Emerson is an English keyboardist and composer. He was formerly a member of the Keith Emerson Trio, John Brown's Bodies, The T-Bones, The V.I.P.'s, P.P. Arnold's backing band, The Nice, and in 1970 a founder of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, one of the early supergroups. Following the break-up of ELP, circa 1979, Emerson had modest success with Emerson, Lake & Powell in the 1980s as well as with 3, with the album To the Power of Three.

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