Patti Smith Quotes About Improvisation

Quotes about: Improvisation

• You can't make a mistake when you improvise.

  Patti Smith

  Mistake, Drumming, Improvisation

  Patti Smith (2010). “Just Kids”, p.185, A&C Black

• When we got to the part where we had to improvise an argument in a poetic language, I got cold feet. "I can't do this," I said. "I don't know what to say." "Say anything," he said. "You can't make a mistake when you improvise." "What if I mess it up? What if I screw up the rhythm?" "You can't," he said. "It's like drumming. If you miss a beat, you create another." In this simple exchange, Sam taught me the secret of improvisation, one that I have accessed my whole life.

  Patti Smith

  Mistake, Simple, Feet

• You don't want to OD on improvisation.

  Patti Smith

  Crafts, Want, Improvisation

• Sometimes you write passages that don't need to be rewritten. Performance is that for me. Improvisation, things that happen in the moment, are sometimes wonderful, or wonderful as a moment to be shared between performer and people, but that's it. There might be a strong bond between you and the people, a transformative night, but as a live record it might not translate.

  Patti Smith

  Strong, Writing, Night

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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