Derek Bailey

“The nice thing about improvisation is that you can do it anywhere. And you can do it with anybody.”

“Most music is metaphor, but non-idiomatic improvisation is not.”

“Improvisation has no stylistic content. It's a process.”

“I'm not interested in the guitar, but what you can do with it.”

“The whole point of collaboration is that you give and take from each other, and that's how you create things that are totally new.”

“Playing is a form of inquiry. It's a way of finding out about things.”

“Once you start to play, you're on your own. It's a journey.”

“My ideal of a group is a group of individuals.”