Stephane Grappelli Professions : Jazz ViolinistBorn : January 26, 1908Died : December 1, 1997 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Stephane Grappelli Improvisation, it is a mystery. You can write a book about it, but by the end no one still knows what it is. When I improvise and I'm in good form, I'm like somebody half sleeping. I even forget there are people in front of me. Great improvisers are like priests; they are thinking only of their god. Stephane Grappelli sleepwritingbook Great improvisers are like priests... Stephane Grappelli prieststhinking [Billy Strayhorn] understood the violin as well as he understood Jazz, and he wrote for the violin as a violin. Stephane Grappelli violinwellsjazz
