Improvisation is the ability to talk to oneself.

To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra.

I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people.

I understand about the relative strengths of people, and I don't think people have to be anything. They can be nothin' if they want to be.

I try to imitate on the piano the leaps in space a dancer makes.

Improvisation is the ability to talk to oneself.

To feel is perhaps the most terrifying thing in this society.