Solange Knowles Quotes

I go on at least 2-3 auditions a week in the pursuit of more work. So I'm constantly working on material and constantly honing and trying to perfect a craft that is never perfectible - it's always new, and it's always different. It's always a work in progress.

Rehearsals make a huge difference.

I am a fan of rehearsal. I like doing it [scene] over and over and over and over until it looks like you never did it before.

I tell people that stand-up's like golf: you gotta do it every day to get it down - or at least three times a week to get it down.

The best way to refine an interpretation is by getting out and performing.

The biggest danger is that actors become entirely too dependent on the idea of training. They think that if they continue to train and train and train, it's going to make them better.

One of the great things about doing a play, repeating it over and over again, is that you can practice. And you can get really quite good at it for a while.

I really feel that if you're gonna be good, you gotta practice... Practice whatever the hell you do.

Bring your work back to the workshop twenty times. Polish it continuously, and polish it again.

To do something right it must be done twice. The first time instructs the second.

You just do as many shows as you can to hone what it is you're working on.

I strive for perfection, but of course it can never be perfect. I'm never satisfied at the end of a performance. But the great thing about live theatre is that every night you get another chance to get it right.

Every performance has provided a learning experience, and as we go, we keep fine-tuning the shows. If we decide to do a tour, we rehearse until we perfect. One thing that I do prior to every show is that we huddle the band and pray. We thank more than we ask.

I'm a piano player and singer who can't play piano very well or sing very well. That isn't a recipe for success. I have to get better.

You can only improve so much in training.

The one way of getting better is by practising - both on and off the pitch.

You can equate acting to a tennis game: When you're playing one of the best, you get better.

In the theater you rehearse for a minimum of five to six weeks. And then you get to play it. Which means you get to get better. That's the great thing about the theater.

I don't think you ever want to be too settled, because once you become settled, you lose a lot of your drive. I mean, I am settled off the court; the business side of things, the papers, contracts and all of that, but there are a lot things that I need to work on, on the court, like my free-throw shooting, which has been terrible. I need to work on being more demanding in the post. My teammates are going to come to me and I just need to go out there and score in the post, which will open up things for our guards.

Process improvement is most valuable in raising the floor of a community's practice.

The band is tight enough. Quit practicing!

Perfect practice makes perfect.

The more and more that you dance, the easier it gets, and the more you can push yourself and do more rehearsals.

You want to grow. To compete effectively - - even if you weren't going to grow, just to maintain your position - - you look at who you're competing with. And everyone you're competing with is changing to get better, sometimes dramatically.

Practice makes perfect.