Could Quote by George Shearing

Improvisation is the courage to move from one note to the next.

— Bobby McFerrin

Improvisation is really not so much remembering things. And this is what I do when I play. I forget things. When I go on…

— Sonny Rollins

[Improvisation ] is been with me all my life. We all do it.

— Pauline Oliveros

Improvisation is the art of being completely O.K. with not knowing what the f— you’re doing

— Mick Napier

I'm a big fan of improvisation but I can't say that I'm great at it.

— Michelle Monaghan

The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me.

— Kate Micucci

I'm improvising all the time. Everything I do is improvised. On the piano, at least.

— Mose Allison

For the last 30-plus years, I have been doing one long, uninterrupted improv.

— Henry Rollins

I write and rewrite and memorize, and then inject my performance with improvising and spontaneity, because if something feels too rehearsed, it's not going…

— Andy Daly

I loved the idea [of improvisation], but I'd never taken any classes or practiced it.

— Lily Collins

Improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what you're doing. That's a kind of paradoxical thing…

— Christopher Walken

Improvisation has been with me since I was a kid, and, taking a selfish pleasure from that, I just thought, "What the hell. It…

— Jamie Lidell