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- When you hear Bach or Mozart, you hear perfection. Remember that Bach, Mozart and Beethoven were great improvisers. I can hear that… — Dave Brubeck
- In life most of us are highly skilled at suppressing action. Bad improvisers block action often with a high degree of skill.… — Keith Johnstone
- Bad improvisers block action, often with a high degree of skill. Good improvisers develop action. — Malcolm Gladwell
- Good improvisers seem telepathic; everything looks pre-arranged, This is because they accept all offers made—which is something no ‘normal’ person would do. — Keith Johnstone
- In a scene [where the improvisers must interact] without the letter S, the audience is waiting for you to lose - so… — Keith Johnstone
- John Hughes loved improvisers. — Edie McClurg
- 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
- I realized that improvisers should probably always have time off. But musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop… — Keith Jarrett