zorn on improvisation vs. composition

Pure improvisation is going to be different from pure composition, you know, in terms, of a day-to-day approach. Improvisation has a broader palette that it draws from, but ultimately it's the same piece over and over. And composition is literally the same piece over and over, too. But when you mix the two, you get the best of both worlds or the worst of both worlds, depending on the way you go about it.

The one difference between improvisation and composition is that one is spontaneous and one is a little more thought out beforehand. But that's not much of a difference because when you improvise you have a concept that you live with — a way, a style. That's like your composition, in a sense.