A Quote by Wayne Shorter

Composing is improvisation slowed down.

Wayne Shorter

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Composing Down Improvisation

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Wayne Shorter
American - Musician
Born: August 25, 1933

Composing is a slowed-down improvisation; often one cannot write fast enough to keep up with the stream of ideas.

Arnold Schoenberg

Once, I was followed by a car when I was driving. Every time I sped up, the car sped up, and when I slowed down, it slowed down. Eventually, I stopped, got out and screamed, 'What do you want?' He said, 'I just wanted to give you some flowers because I'm such a fan.' I felt awful. He was just being kind.

Anita Dobson

Most of my music is improvisation, and composition is improvisation. Even if I have a score, it is improvisation.

Yoshi Wada

I hated improvisation because in my early days as an actor, improvisation meant somebody had just come down from Oxford and they were doing a play above a pub in Kentish Town, and the biggest ego would win.

Peter Capaldi

If traffic is congested and our roads are blocked, transportation is slowed and the wheels of economic progress are slowed.

Kay Ivey

My father had slowed down playing a little... I was 'round 10 or 12 years old. Every time he put his guitar down, I pick it up.

David Edwards

I spent all of my teenage years shoving sugar down my neck. And it didn't catch up with me until I was about 21 and my skin started getting really bad and my metabolism slowed down.

Daisy Lowe

I used to be more of a wild kid. But I've slowed down.

Fisher Stevens

When my career slowed, I knew deep down it wasn't over.

Estelle

Laughter is just a slowed down scream of terror.

Thomas M. Disch

When it comes to sitting down and composing, there is no hesitation, no concern, no critics breathing fire down my neck. For me, writing a song is the purest part of all. No one can mess with that.