Improviser Quotes

19 quotes by 17 authors

The day of the great Jazz improviser who doesn't know how to read music is over. — Maynard Ferguson
You have to know composition to be a good improviser. — Roscoe Mitchell
I am an improviser, ... I improvise music. Whatever you want to call it all, it is all improvised music. I may capture it and… — Joe Zawinul
As an improviser you need to experience the moment- and that includes everything in the moment. Observe the people around you-the bandleader, the bartender-what they… — Pat Martino
The improviser has to understand that his first skill lies in releasing his partnerâ€™s imagination. — Keith Johnstone
Dave Rocha is a mature and eminently musical improviser. His sumptuous tone and cafefully chosen notes embody real musical thought. His performance of 'Dear Old… — Frank Hanny
I think for anyone - male or female - in improv, the biggest thing to get over is the fear. I think every improviser has… — Rachel
Anytime I audition for something, it's always a question of whether or not the people I'm auditioning for understand I'm an improviser and I like… — Adam Pally
Jesus was a brilliant Jewish stand-up comedian, a phenomenal improviser. His parables are great one-liners. — Camille Paglia
I want to be an improviser, and I've worked very hard at that. It's an art. You don't just play whatever comes into your head;… — Neil Peart
I've never gotten hired for drama because I'm a good improviser. I don't think people who write drama scripts want you playing with them as… — Matt Walsh
I guess I'm sort of spoiled because, most of the things that I get to do, people know that you're a good improviser, so they… — Matt Walsh
As an improviser I'm now pretty comfortable with trios, so I'm thinking of working up to quartets. — Fred Frith
My brother was an improviser. He's now a lobbyist, but he used to perform improv in the city when he was in high school, and… — Jake M. Johnson
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 in awhile. — Tina Fey
As an improviser, I always find it jarring when I meet someone in real life whose first answer is no. â€œNo, we canâ€™t do that.â€… — Tina Fey
I think not every improviser is a good stage actor. Certainly not every stage actor is a good improviser. — Rich Sommer
The lifelong goal of an improviser is to listen to what the other person is saying, taking it in, and responding. — Ali Farahnakian
Vince Vaughn is a master improviser. — Alan Tudyk

Who Wrote These Improviser Quotes

17 authors contributed a total of 19 Improviser Quotes as follows: