When we are totally faithful to our own individuality, we are actually following a very intricate design. This kind of freedom is the opposite of "just anything".

Improvisation is intuition in action, a way to discover the muse and learn to respond to her call.

An improviser does not operate from a formless vacuum, but from three billion years of organic evolution

As an improvising musician, I am not in the music business, I am not in the creativity business; I am in the surrender business.

With too little judgement, we get trash. With too much judgement, we get blockage.

Every attempt we make is imperfect; yet each one of those imperfect attempts is an occasion for a delight unlike anything else on earth.

If I "try" to play, I fail; if I force the play, I crush it; if I race, I trip. Any time I stiffen or brace myself against some error or problem, the very act of bracing would cause the problem to occur. The only road to strength is vulnerability.