Composition Quote by Roscoe Mitchell

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

Improvising is writing, too - there was no music and now there's music. So that's composition. And any time you take any sort of…

— Chris Thile

Composition is selective improvisation.

— Igor Stravinsky

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

You try to improvise in a compositional manner. You don't just do some stupid lick you've been practicing, scale form exercises or something.

— Terry Bozzio

...I think of improvising as composing - fo me it's all about playing melodies. When I improvise, there's not a lot of real thinking…

— Robben Ford

Improvisation is a compositional method.

— Evan Parker

When it comes to improv, Specifics beget specifics.

— Craig Cackowski

When you do improv, you're everything. You're a performer, writer, and director, because you're moving the scene in the direction you want it to…

— Rob Reiner

I'm not much of an improv guy. That's a talent I don't have.

— Henry Rollins

I'm an improviser at heart, when I'm writing, I'm improvising in my head. When you're an improviser on stage, you can never be precious…

— Scot Armstrong

When improvisation is properly applied, it is compositional thinking, sped way up.

— Kurt Elling