My records are one thing. My live performances are something totally different because they're very improvised performances. — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
I've never done an improvised movie as a fictitious character. I think that's the challenge. — Martin Short Copy Share Image
I'm more of a writer than an actor, and I used to say that I'm mostly an improviser, though I haven't improvised… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
I wasn't a jazz player, but a classical musician, and I improvised arrangements of popular songs using classical motifs. — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
Every day is different and improvised. Sometimes, a song can lead to a completely different adventure. You can't control it. — Hiromi Copy Share Image
Improv kind of goes hand in hand with what I do. I was on 'Reno 911!' for six years, and that was… — Nick Swardson Copy Share Image
I've always loved improvising. That's how I write songs. Creativity has an improvised element to it. — Jamie Lidell Copy Share Image
There's an awful lot of resources that can be drawn upon in an improvised music concert. — Fred Frith Copy Share Image
I learned one thing from De Niro: He taught me to listen. Nobody says anything strictly from the script. It's improvised. It… — Cathy Moriarty Copy Share Image
If you're truly playing improvised music, I don't care who you are or where you come from, you don't know what's going… — Hamid Drake Copy Share Image
Personally, I've found one of the more stimulating ways of playing in recent times has been to kind of move outside the… — Derek Bailey Copy Share Image
Shellac was asked to do a recreation of our first album, but we've always been a band that improvised our sets. That's… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
The scene with Danny [McBride] and the cake and all of that [in the Pineapple Express], most of that is improvised, I… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
You've got to find a way to relate to people. I just did an improvised episode for Joe Swanberg's new Netflix show,… — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
Effortless [performance] and improvisation are two different things. Just because it's improvised doesn't mean it's effortless and just because it's effortless doesn't… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
I've always been a jazz fan, but I don't write much about jazz, because I don't have the chops. But it's really,… — Robert Christgau Copy Share Image
I have been training under Melvin Louis and Dimple Kotecha. They're very different people and their styles and training procedures are also… — Pulkit Samrat Copy Share Image
There's something bigger than improvised music versus pop music versus something else. What actually succeeds in being communicated are human feelings, things… — John Dieterich Copy Share Image
People call what we do "stretch music." This is our style, and one of the newer, in vogue ways of playing creative,… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
I think the beauty of documentary work is that it's a mystery - you never know where it's going to lead you.… — Gail Levin Copy Share Image
To be fair, on a good project, no matter whether it's improvised or scripted or meticulously prepared, or all up for grabs,… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
At a certain point, I started playing improvised music. After a couple of years of this, I did a little bit of… — Kevin Drumm Copy Share Image
“Where science is a dignified waltz in three-quarter time, magic is an improvised saxophone solo: all gut checks and synchronicities.” — Michael G. Williams Copy Share Image
I know very few people who have literally improvised a film from start to finish. — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
I've always liked the idea of improvised music. Improvised anything. It's what conversation is. — Andy Partridge Copy Share Image
I think the goal is to make a well written scene seem like it's improvised and/or to come up with things that… — Robert Downey, Jr Copy Share Image
I usually go in ahead of time, like at a rehearsal, or a meeting, and tell them, "It may appear that I'm… — Paul Reubens Copy Share Image
I am an improviser, ... I improvise music. Whatever you want to call it all, it is all improvised music. I may… — Joe Zawinul Copy Share Image
I think I wanted to do something that retained the improvised chaos of 'Mamma Mia' the theatre show which set it apart… — Phyllida Lloyd Copy Share Image
I like little collaborations where the other thing happens, where it's half-baked or it's improvised, and let's develop it together. "What do… — Jeff Goldblum Copy Share Image
“Marriage is something we make from available materials. In this sense it’s improvised, it’s almost offhand. Maybe this is why we know… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
What I believe to be jazz is constructed and improvised music which is in the air right now. But I don't think… — John Lurie Copy Share Image
As there are more online archives of improvised music, it becomes more like the daily practice of playing it. It lessens the… — David Grubbs Copy Share Image
I don't think there's an improvised word in the movie. I hope not because I admire writing. Improvising is kind of gambling.… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
There's nothing like watching a live performance of, frankly, anything. You have to make sure that people believe everything is improvised. I… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I just try to do as good job with the material as I can and play some jazz as well, some improvised… — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
There's such a freewheeling nature to 'Second City,' and the greatest thing about 'Second City' was having a sophisticated audience night after… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
In the U.K., classical music is composed by individuals and written down. Indian music is based on certain sequences called ragas. When… — Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
When I go in to 'Comedy Bang Bang,' I'll go in most of the time with some beats of where we're going… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
![“The scene with Danny [McBride] and the cake and all of that [in the Pineapple Express], most of that is improvised, I would say. But you would never know, to me anyway, and that's what is always amazing.” quote by Seth Rogen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aab/seth-rogen-1831_cake_the-scene-with-danny-mcbride-and-the-cak_1536555.jpg)
![“Effortless [performance] and improvisation are two different things. Just because it's improvised doesn't mean it's effortless and just because it's effortless doesn't necessarily mean it's improvised.” quote by Christoph Waltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dd/christoph-waltz-8110_different_effortless-performance-and-improvisation_2216751.jpg)
![“There's nothing like watching a live performance of, frankly, anything. You have to make sure that people believe everything is improvised. I could not stress enough how little we [actors] prepare and what small amount of time we put in before these shows.” quote by Amy Poehler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/amy-poehler-1084_actors_there-s-nothing-like-watching-a-live-per_2158771.jpg)
