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People's association with improvisation means one person playing an endless stream of notes over something, and it doesn't have to be.

Improvisation is a compositional method.

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 you have an instrument that'll separate you from the audience.

The thing about improvisation is that it's not about what you say. It's listening to what other people say. It's about what you hear.

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

Improvisation is not a presentational form, except in small doses, or as a game. It's a tool.

There's always some room for improvisation.

I like to think that we've got a plan, so let's stick to it. That said, once we've stuck to it, we're allowed as much improvisation as anyone cares to indulge themselves in.

The world is a slightly better place for having improvisation in it than it was before. There's something about it that says something positive about the human spirit, that a bunch of people can get together and by following a few simple traffic rules can create art and can entertain an audience and can thrill and exalt each other.

I've always been into improvisation.