All SONNY ROLLINS Quotes about “Improvisation”

“Improvisation is the ability to create something very spiritual, something of one's own.”
“I feel that Jazz improvisation is the ultimate. You have to create on the spot, the essence of this music.”
“...this is my dilemma. I'm a guy who makes things up as I go along, so nothing is ever finished - there are so many layers. So when you solo, yeah, you might get into one thing, but then, hey, everything has implications! You can hear the next level. And that's how I feel about improvising - there's always another level.”
“Improvisation is really not so much remembering things. And this is what I do when I play. I forget things. When I go on the stage, I want my mind to be a blank, so that I can - things can come into me without my knowing where they came from.”

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