Through improvisation, jazz teaches you about yourself. And through swing, it teaches you that other people are individuals too. It teaches you… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
The most unendurable thing, to be sure, the really terrible thing, would be a life without habits, a life which continually required… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Improvisation in the jazz sense - like the business sense - is not formless. It is built on a skill set. Jazz,… — John Kao Copy Share Image
I can't speak American dog very well. There was a lot of improvisation with Uggie - like when I put the dog… — Jean Dujardin Copy Share Image
If you just want to be a writer, I don't care, for pitching, for writing dialogue, you should take an improvisation class.… — Thomas Lennon Copy Share Image
I know all about improvisation and the free-form that mirrors the chaos of our time, but I do like to feel that… — Jean Kerr Copy Share Image
I am not a fan of improvisation, because it bores me. Working off a tight scenario gives you the confidence and ability… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
My solo music - I get up onstage, I improvise and it's my improvisation. When I get up onstage with Fred Frith… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
There are definitely some set topics I go onstage with and want to talk about, but there's also an element of improvisation… — Hasan Minhaj Copy Share Image
The nature of improvisation is you don't know what's going to happen. — Sam Richardson Copy Share Image
What I want to happen is to be really creative, and to play something new in the improvisations, every time. — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
Most of us lead lives of chaotic improvisation from day to day, bawling for peace while plunging grimly into fresh disorders. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
There is really not that much improvisation in my films. There is an acceptance of a chance. — Michael Snow Copy Share Image
As I get older, I'm trying to accept improvisation into my day-to-day living. — Colin Mochrie Copy Share Image
I can put together a pretty decent meal from whatever happens to be in the refrigerator and the pantry. I like the… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
I approach music and acting the same way, through spontaneous improvisation. I never really try to rehearse anything, do it over and… — Matt Schulze Copy Share Image
I want the music to be heard as close to when I made it, as much as possible. I don't want to… — Bradford Cox Copy Share Image
Cutting improvisation is really hard, because things don't match, and you end up with some bad cuts sometimes. But we'd rather have… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
“Mockingbirds are the true artists of the bird kingdom. Which is to say, although they're born with a song of their own,… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Sometimes people have this notion that improvisation is simply intuitive leaping into the unknown. — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
I never left jazz. The relationship between structure and improvisation - that constant conversation and tension - I've always wanted in every… — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
I like to think that we've got a plan, so let's stick to it. That said, once we've stuck to it, we're… — Guy Ritchie Copy Share Image
What of miniature boats constructed of birch bark and fallen leaves, launched onto cold water clear as air? How many fleets were… — Paul Harding Copy Share Image
With 'Slave Ambient', I was writing things on top of loops. Now I really get the structure of the song down, but… — Adam Granduciel Copy Share Image
All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room. — Martin Short Copy Share Image
