Art Quote by Donna Quesada

“It might seem a contradiction but... the ability to improvise requires lots of practice. Ask any jazz musician.”

— Ted Agon

Certainly one of the more common experiences in the jazz field is discovering someone new. Improvising musicians are capable of being musical travelers, voyagers.…

— Gary Burton

There are wonderful things in Jazz, the improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.

— Henri Matisse

If you are in an improv jazz ensemble or a small chamber group, you learn to think fast on your feet and how to…

— J. Richard Hackman

We're [with Robbie Robertson ] jazz musicians. The context may be rock 'n' roll but it's still jazz. It's jazz and that means improvization...you…

— Van Morrison

The day of the great Jazz improviser who doesn't know how to read music is over.

— Maynard Ferguson

That's what it is-it's jazz. It's just jazz. That's what the whole thing is about to me. It's about what's happening right now in…

— Van Morrison

If you go back to the roots of jazz, it was all about COLLECTIVE improvisation.

— Henry Threadgill

Jazz is improvisation and syncopation, with resilience and flow, with earthy elegance, nuance and subtlety, with the integrity of individual expression within (usually) a…

— Greg Thomas

Jazz is about being in the moment.

— Herbie Hancock

You're just sort of searching for this 'thing' and sometimes you get it and sometimes you don't. All music is imperfect, but in jazz…

— John Abercrombie

Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise.

— George Gershwin