Art Quote by Chris Thile

...I think of improvising as composing - fo me it's all about playing melodies. When I improvise, there's not a lot of real thinking…

— Robben Ford

When you do improv, you're everything. You're a performer, writer, and director, because you're moving the scene in the direction you want it to…

— Rob Reiner

You have to know composition to be a good improviser.

— Roscoe Mitchell

Composition is selective improvisation.

— Igor Stravinsky

I'm an improviser at heart, when I'm writing, I'm improvising in my head. When you're an improviser on stage, you can never be precious…

— Scot Armstrong

I don't think I differentiate between composition and improvisation. Improvisation could be a large part of a composition.

— Yoshi Wada

When you do improv, you're everything. You're a performer, writer, and director, because you're moving the scene in the direction you want it to…

— Rob Reiner

Improv is a disposable art form, but it's kind of freeing in that way, too, because things can fail, and the audience is a…

— Matt Walsh

Free improvisation, in addition to being a highly skilled musical craft, is open to use by almost anyone-beginners, children, and non-musicians. The skill and…

— Derek Bailey

When improvisation is properly applied, it is compositional thinking, sped way up.

— Kurt Elling

I've always loved improvising. That's how I write songs. Creativity has an improvised element to it.

— Jamie Lidell

Improvisation, it is a mystery. You can write a book about it, but by the end no one still knows what it is. When…

— Stephane Grappelli