#improvisation

It ain't about if he knocks a guy out. It's about how he knocks a guy out. It's the style, the improvisation. ↗

— Don King

#guy #how #improvisation #knocks #out

To write a book about improvisation is partly a contradiction in terms. Improvisation is spontaneous. It's in the moment. ↗

— Sally Schneider

#book #contradiction #improvisation #moment #partly

My voice is my improvisational instrument, the melody instrument. The guitar is harmonic structure. I'm not a good enough guitarist to improvise on it. ↗

— Paul Simon

#good #guitar #guitarist #harmonic #i

Not with the Rochester Philharmonic, but I formed my own orchestra, made up of musicians from the Eastman School, where I'm on the faculty now, direct the Jazz Ensemble and teach improvisation classes. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

#direct #eastman #ensemble #faculty #formed

There's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old address book. ↗

— Carson McCullers

#aware #book #existence #human #human existence

I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground. ↗

— John McLaughlin

#common #common ground #degree #develops #find

Improvisation is almost like the retarded cousin in the comedy world. We've been trying forever to get improvisation on TV. It's just like stand-up. It's best when it's just left alone. It doesn't translate always on TV. It's best live. ↗

— Amy Poehler

#alone #always #been #best #comedy

Perfect retention. I don't think I could do that-I've never disciplined myself to do it.I suppose a lot of it is a question of discipline. Which improvisation is not. ↗

— George Shearing

#discipline #disciplined #i #improvisation #lot