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.
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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 Quote

I don't care who I play to, as long as they enjoy listening to what I play.
- Keith Emerson Quote

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 Quote

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 Quote

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

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

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.
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I'm proud of my kids, they are doing what they want to do.
- Keith Emerson Quote

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 Quote

I've gone through hell and back.
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If it wasn't good, I wouldn't be going back out on tour.
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If we didn't do the tour, it would have been disastrous.
- Keith Emerson Quote

If you're a good parent, see the changes that are happening in your kids.
- Keith Emerson Quote

Next year I'm going to be a guesting soloist with orchestras all over Europe, to start off with.
- Keith Emerson Quote

Since this our first show, I think they'll see us sweat a lot.
- Keith Emerson Quote

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 Quote

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 Quote

We can all put weight on or lose weight.
- Keith Emerson Quote

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 Quote

We'll be presenting a broad spectrum of the music and looking at how the younger guys can carry it on.
- Keith Emerson Quote