Doesn't that fool know I recorded that song because I like it?
Improvisation is the ability to talk to oneself.
You must surrender whatever preconceptions you have about music if you're really interested in it.
Sometimes when it goes really well, you wonder, "who's that at the piano?"
If you take the creation of music and the creation of your own life values as your overall goal, then living becomes a musical process.
I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people.