#improv

It was necessary to bluff the Japanese camp commanders, with whatever authority I could muster, that I had come officially to ensure that the surrender terms were being complied with and that living conditions for the POWs were being immediately improved. ↗

— Wilfred Burchett

#being #bluff #camp #come #commanders

Ben was more improvisational, and relied less on methodology, and basically is a guitarist who switched to bass, whereas Jeff has a more traditional approach to playing bass in a band, and has a great sense of what his band sounds like, and we lock up nicely. ↗

— Matt Cameron

#band #basically #bass #ben #great

Classical stuff takes a lot of rehearsal time and preparation, but with stuff that involves improvisation, you can over-rehearse it and it gets stale. You don't want it to be too comfortable. In fact, a good sound check, a good rehearsal usually means a bad performance. ↗

— John Zorn

#bad performance #check #classical #comfortable #fact

I pattern my actions and life after what I want. No two people are alike. You might admire attributes in others, but use these only as a guide in improving yourself in your own unique way. I don't go for carbon copies. Individualism is sacred! ↗

— Richard Chamberlain

#admire #after #alike #attributes #carbon

If you have ability in a certain area, why not capitalize on it and improve it and use it? ↗

— Wilt Chamberlain

#area #capitalize #certain #improve #use

I've always been into improvisation. ↗

— Tommy Chong

#been #i #improvisation #into

So, for instance, if you came to me, I'd ask,'Do you want to write? Do you want to improvise? Why do you want to play this instrument? What do you want to do?' ↗

— Ornette Coleman

#came #i #improvise #instance #instrument

I have respect for what other people believe. What I believe in my own life is that it's a search for how I can do things better, whether it's being a better man or a better father or finding ways for myself to improve. ↗

— Tom Cruise

#believe #better #better man #father #finding

Scientific advancement should aim to affirm and to improve human life. ↗

— Nathan Deal

#affirm #aim #human #human life #improve

Anything that we can do to improve the lives of elderly people is welcome so far as I am concerned. ↗

— Judi Dench

#anything #concerned #elderly #far #i