Ideas Quote by Paul McCartney

The interesting thing about improvisation is you're making something up in front of the audience. Now music helps you out a little bit because…

— David Steinberg

I always say that improvisation is the utterance of one's spirit, and it dictates your life experience, and that's how you find your concepts…

— Dianne Reeves

Every time I sit down in front of my piano, I like to improvise with the instrument. It depends on my mood of that…

— Tarja Turunen

Most songs I write are spur-of-the-moment-type things. I have to be spontaneous. If not, songwriting can bore me. There is no pre-design or idea…

— Anthony Hamilton

I write in the studio, I don't sit around with a piano or a guitar and write songs. I get satisfaction out of that…

— John Cale

The problem with improvisation is, of course, that everyone just slips into their comfort zone and does sort of the easy thing to do,…

— Brian Eno

When I start to write and record a track, I always think about where it is supposed to take place, what kind of room…

— Karin Dreijer Andersson

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

I tend to like to write a song and then think about it for a while. I record a demo of it and then…

— Christopher Owens

I'm all about melodies, and I find myself improvising most of the time with lyrics. Then I stick to a couple of lyrics and…

— Sophie Thatcher

Usually, I make a simple beat, throw in the acapella, and then I just improvise on the piano. Whatever comes up, I record the…

— Shook

It's kind of like being a writer in the sense that you always hear other writers say, 'Well, the best way to start writing…

— Jherek Bischoff