Mozart combines serenity, melancholy, and tragic intensity into one great lyric improvisation. Over it all hovers the greater spirit that is Mozart's… — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality. — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
When you improvise alone, you don't risk a lot, but doing an improvisation when you are two is even more difficult because… — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
You've got to have fun playing. It bothers me when players don't seem to be enjoying themselves, even when they play an… — Rufus Reid Copy Share Image
I lived in San Francisco for about eight years and I did a lot of improvisation there. The improvisational world ruled the… — Amy Hill Copy Share Image
John [Cassavetes] loved actors. He gave them a lot of freedom. So if something came up that a certain actor just felt… — Gena Rowlands Copy Share Image
I made 'St. Nick' on a 30-page outline. 'Aint' Them Bodies Saints' was a full-bodied script, but it still had a lot… — David Lowery Copy Share Image
It took me forever, learning improvisation, because I had studied with Lee Strasberg - I dropped out of Chicago and went to… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a jazz player, and my music as a natural extension of the jazz tradition. What I'm doing… — Richard Grossman Copy Share Image
I feel that Jazz improvisation is the ultimate. You have to create on the spot, the essence of this music. — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
Ginger Baker was never my favorite, but he was part of the group Cream that opened the door to what we did.… — Butch Trucks Copy Share Image
The great thing about improvisation is that it allows us to establish an uncensored form of theater. Freedom of speech is absolutely… — Lucien Bourjeily Copy Share Image
Improvisation helps because you get what's on the page and you make it a little more palatable to your tongue. And that's… — Taraji P. Henson Copy Share Image
I like messing up the song, doing some improvisation. And I like running around the room with the mic. — Erika M. Anderson Copy Share Image
It's a very collaborative environment [making The Office]. We always do takes of how it's scripted, but then we also mix it… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it;… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
When I think back now to the recording sessions, there is more improvisation than one hears. It's an ideal combination of arrangements… — Eberhard Weber Copy Share Image
I stopped being interested in improvisation, and I continue to not be that interested in it. Comedians can do it on a… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
The immediacy of improvisation is intoxicating, but there's an intimacy that you get that's very different when you're doing drama. — Keegan-Michael Key Copy Share Image
People's association with improvisation means one person playing an endless stream of notes over something, and it doesn't have to be. — Jon Brion Copy Share Image
“The more you practice thinking on your feet and the more you prepare for future scenarios, the better you get at improvising… — Roger Spitz Copy Share Image
My gigs are built on improvisation: I go out there and I'm like the Energizer bunny. — Meat Loaf Copy Share Image
Classical stuff takes a lot of rehearsal time and preparation, but with stuff that involves improvisation, you can over-rehearse it and it… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
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