Paul Westerberg Quotes

I don't worry too much about the script, I just ad lib, like Pearl Bailey.

I like to improvise.

I never work out my leads. Everything I do is usually totally spontaneous. If someone says, 'That was good; play that again,' I'm not able to do it.

You can't plan everything - if I did a performance exactly how I rehearsed it, it would be so boring.

There were no rules, other than that the song should sound good and be fun to play.

I love improvisation.

This band makes sure that we have whole sections of stuff that are free form so that they don't know what we are doing next, that is the fun part of playing. You are playing something that you haven't ever played before.

I have learned a lot from jazz. I compare good acting to jazz music. The more you study and prepare as an actor, the more equipped you are to live in the moment. Just like the gifted musicians in my dad's quartet, it takes a courageous actor to be free.

I love flying by the seat of my pants, going at something instinctually.

I'm not a planner. I like to try something different, to just see what happens.

It's always fun to improvise.

Don't think about anything for too long. Even if it's off-the-wall, go for it. You'll have a lot more fun in life.

I like to improvise; I think it's just a healthy thing to do, to keep everything loose and fun.

My technique is different, and I am more spontaneous. I don't like rehearsing.

In improvisation, there are no mistakes.

My life has always been unplanned. So when something comes along, I feel like, Why not give it a try? It's fun to experiment like that.

Playing Arnie was fun because everything I did was spontaneous.

In my stand-up, I've always been loose. If there's a curtain onstage, I'll use that in my act. If there's a door, I'll use the door. I always like to use everything at my disposal, which makes each show a little different and a little more fun.

You can't make a mistake when you improvise.

When I do a take, I very often try things that I haven't planned to try to see if I can pull it off.

I think there are actors who are like, 'Okay, what am I doing, how am I doing it, what's the appeal? Tell me what to do, what are the exact lines from the script? Okay, I got it.' I am not that way. I would be a terrible bus driver. I'd want to be like, 'Oh, let's take this side road! Let's see what happens when we go down this back alley.'

The apparatus has to serve our improbability and improvisation. Being good and playing the songs is not enough.

Spontaneity is such an entertaining facet of show business.

I don't always have to be on what is the newest in music is. I'm slowly educating myself in music. For me, I feel more free in not knowing everything in what I'm doing. You can start making up too many rules for yourself. It should just be love and fun and feeling good.

You have to free your mind to do things you wouldn't think of doing. Don't ever say no.