I love Quote by John McLaughlin

I like to stick with music I know I can play. I love classical, but I don't think I could ever play it. I'm…

— Willie Nelson

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…

— Neil Peart

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

— Mose Allison

That makes classical music work, the ability to improvise.

— Itzhak Perlman

I studied classical music for a long time, maybe 10 years, and I realized finally I was never going to have the hands to…

— Leon Russell

I play the piano, but I'm not classically trained.

— Zaytoven

I think the other thing that's important is getting to a place, which very, very rarely happens with improvising groups, where somebody can decide…

— Brian Eno

I would like for people to not be stuck by the rules of what is expected of a classical musician. If you really want…

— Charlie Albright

My whole life has been in classical music, I've been trained to become the best musician possible, play the piece the best, play the…

— Laufey

I don't have a classical-music mentality. I haven't been taught that way, and it doesn't fit my character, either.

— Agnes Obel

I always had a knack for improvisation. I can write down the notes I play, but never really had a proper academic musical background.…

— Anthony Hopkins

What I want to happen is to be really creative, and to play something new in the improvisations, every time.

— Dave Brubeck