“When I do a one or two hour improv concert, where I have no idea what I’m going to play, I am not only calm, I’m just laughing and having fun the whole time. I’m not worried at all. So I love the feeling, I could just do it all night. In classical, I do a recital, I go “boy, I’m glad that’s over! Survived some more high dose of perfection.” And it’s not like we’re trying to make mistakes, but we’re allowing ourselves to investigate and experiment and see what happens. And when you do that, you discover new things. Your heart opens up, your musical world opens up.” — Jeffrey Agrell, author of Improvisation Games for Classical Musicians