Keith Emerson

“What I wanted to do was to make the keyboard a lead instrument.”

“The idea was to take a song, a classical song, and just rock it up.”

“Music has to have an element of danger in it.”

“I'm as English as a dog's dinner.”

“The Moog synthesizer opened up a whole new world of sounds for me.”

“I never really thought about it as 'showmanship.' I just got carried away with the music.”

“I think it's very sad that we've lost a lot of the romance in music, that's what's missing.”

“Honesty is the most important thing in my music.”

“I've always been a pioneer, but I've never been a pioneer with a camera attached to my head.”

“The Hammond organ is a big part of my sound.”

“I am not interested in nostalgia. I'm still trying to do new things.”