Composing Quote by William Bolcom

...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

The more I compose, the more I know that I don't know it all. I think it's a good way to start. If you…

— A. R. Rahman

Everybody improvises without noticing it. Life is about improvising. You can't control what happens in your life, I mean, you don't know what can…

— Hiromi

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

Composing is like making love to the future.

— Lukas Foss

When you're improvising, you're relying on this connection to creativity.

— Reggie Watts

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

You have to know composition to be a good improviser.

— Roscoe Mitchell

I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed

— Dan Simmons

It comes down to the difference between what you were planning to do and what life throws at you and you have to end…

— Jason Isbell

I'm not saying I don't ever improvise because I do that quite a lot, especially with other people, but generally I've got an idea…

— Thighpaulsandra

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