Knows Quote by Mike Birbiglia

You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.

— Adam McKay

To truly know what works, you have to learn what doesn't work first.

— Chris Brogan

You have to know composition to be a good improviser.

— Roscoe Mitchell

The problem with improv is that you're letting an idiot tell you what to do.

— Dino Stamatopoulos

Doing improv regularly forces you to be better almost without trying.

— Lauren Ash

Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to…

— John Cale

When we used to do improv, you'd have to learn how to listen and contribute and not talk over each other and learn timing,…

— Sal Vulcano

When it comes to improv, Specifics beget specifics.

— Craig Cackowski

Sometimes it works, sometimes it fails, but that's what we face when we're dealing with improvisation.

— Jan Garbarek

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

One can only improvise what one knows.

— David Thewlis

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