Kalki Koechlin Quotes

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

I'm not able to go in with an act that I use month to month year to year all the time. It's constantly evolving and changing and that keeps me on my toes but certainly adds to the challenge.

I like to reinvent with each project, in any which way possible.

I like to try new stuff and experiment. That's why I think it's entertaining to watch my matches, because you never know what I'm going to do, and you see things that you've never seen before.

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'd rather play here in this small bar and just do a good show. Because it's fun and there's no expectations, it's encouragement to be different, do something new.

In my work, I have never had any use for anything that I have known in advance.

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

My methodology is not knowing what I'm doing and making that work for me.

I like change, like anybody. You don't want to keep doing the same thing because then it gets harder to take chances, be creative, and feel inspired when you're doing the same thing.

What I want to happen is to be really creative, and to play something new in the improvisations, every time.

I try not to do anything by formula.

I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.

I really strive to bring something new to each book. I don't want to write the same book over and over again.

So much of making movies is about discovery on the day, what you're figuring out. If you know everything going in, then it's not worth doing - it's already done.

I like to keep doing something new and different so people can't say I'm doing the same thing all the time. I like to challenge myself.

I will always do something new.

Creating content and never being afraid to try something new have been my two hallmarks.

I became a singer and a songwriter by learning on the spot, so think I always need to be slightly out of my comfort zone when I do something. I've never stopped being experimental because that's how I started.

We don't do lots of jamming on stage, but I think we have the attitude of exploring things and trying something new.

I'm old enough to know you can't close your mind to new ideas. You have to test out every possibility if you want something new.

We are comfortable with formulas, but the best happens when the formula doesn't work.

I'm constantly changing up my show. It's never the same.

I'd rather experiment than follow the same formula. I'm a curious person. It's gotten me into trouble, but I say, 'Why not? Let's try it.'

That is a big danger, losing your inspiration. When I work in film and television I try to do each take a little differently. I never want to do the same thing twice, because then you're not being spontaneous, you're just recreating something.