Most of my music is improvisation, and composition is improvisation. Even if I have a score, it is improvisation.
Stay fluid and roll with those changes. Life is just a big extended improvisation.
I want a big career, a big man, and a big life. You have to think big - that's the only way to get it... I just couldn't stand being anonymous.
[Improvisation ] is been with me all my life. We all do it.
if you don't think that all life is improvisation, then you haven't been paying attention. Life is what happens to you while you're making other plans.
I've never been a big fan of improvisation, because I think you appreciate the process and the cleverness of it more than the actual comedy in most cases.
Improvisation means coming to the situation without rigid expectations or preconceptions. The key to improvisation is motion — you keep going forward, fearful or not, living from moment to moment. That’s how life is.
At that time in my career, everything ended up moving so fast, honestly. Within the first five years of my career, I think I did two TV series and four big movies, and I've never been that hot again in my career.
The fans have been an enormous influence on my career. Playing shows around the world and connecting with them is such a big inspiration in my life.
I've never been the type of artist to plateau or have a big peak in my career and then a big decline.
Stay focused. You gotta believe in yourself. I think that's the biggest thing I've been able to do throughout my whole career, even before I actually had a big career in this industry.
My career was about to change radically, in turning 50 I had hit the age where my Dad made a big career and his life started to unravel.
I would make a huge distinction between theater improvisation and film improvisation.
To write a book about improvisation is partly a contradiction in terms. Improvisation is spontaneous. It's in the moment.
In the end my playing career would not have been as big as my career as a manager. I was a talented guy but I couldn't imagine I would win a title as a player.