Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise.

When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story.

— Hubert Laws

My roots are in classical music and jazz, and I want the freedom of being able to improvise. This freedom is possible only in…

— Adnan Sami

I also think if you're an actor and you can improvise, when you go on an audition and you can improvise you're just a…

— Amy Poehler

When you're at a concert and you hear someone improvise well, that's special; it puts you in the moment and takes you someplace. To…

— John Popper

Improvisation, it is a mystery. You can write a book about it, but by the end no one still knows what it is. When…

— Stephane Grappelli

So that's the challenge, you have a big technical aspect of what you're doing whilst you're creatively trying to improvise.

— Brian Henson

We play melodic music, we play songs, we play all kinds of things and when you improvise you don't just shut out different languages,…

— Fred Frith

Improvise when obstacles present themselves. Happy accidents are magic! Have an open mind.

— Matthew Bonifacio

My character has to be alive. It can't be a mere prop, and it has to have a life of its own. I need…

— Fawad Khan

“Don’t think, react. Adapt. Improvise. Overcome.”

— Ethan Cross

When people know the desired destination, they’re free to improvise, as needed, in arriving there.

— Chip Heath

“Research tells us that brainstorming becomes more productive when it’s focused. As jazz great Charles Mingus famously said, “You can’t improvise on nothing, man;…

— Chip Heath

You can actually improvise a lot as a voice actor. It's not that entirely different than shooting a live action movie; the characters mouths…

— Seth Rogen

I love to improvise when it's appropriate and encouraged by a producer.

— Rob Paulsen

So while you're trying to improvise, you're also trying to puppeteer, you're doing everything that you need to do to perform a puppet in…

— Brian Henson