Quotes About Independence

I do often feel that the single greatest thing about my job is that I don't have a boss. I'm like an overweight Han Solo: I take orders from just one person - me.

There were certain things I couldn't do with New Order without upsetting the rest of the band, so I started to write some solo stuff.

If everybody wanted to follow the left side of the pallet like I had on 'Tusk,' there would have been no need for me to do solo work.

I'm a solo skater; the sport can be lonely.

I just like to work with other people, and I like things that are kind of a little bit bigger than that. I don't know. I just feel like a solo record just kind of gives me the willies a little bit.

When it comes to being in a band or going solo, one is collaborative, and one is not. But generally speaking, when going solo, I am the boss. People can contribute ideas, but I am the boss. When collaborating, you make compromises and look for a common ground.

Definitely, doing my solo stuff, it's fun in a different way. I get a lot more say. However, there's a lot more work to do because I have to make everything happen.

My band got signed in high school when I was 16, and we all dropped out of high school and went on tour. Then I quit the band because I was the manager, and I was doing everything, so I went solo.

The experiences you gain by doing something solo - you have such a great work effort there as well, one we all have now - we can all bring it back to the group.

Working solo means you don't have to account for anybody else. You do it yourself, so you're not trying to please others as well as yourself; you're just trying to do the best you can.

I feel like there's something in me that desires to express myself even more and not be so afraid of a solo endeavor.

Most singers begin with a band and then go solo. I started making music on my own and subsequently chose to carry on as part of a band.

I am not so proud to climb all the 8,000-meter peaks, but I was proud to climb Nanga Parbat solo. That was the most elegant thing I did.

I know when it comes to the actual narrative of my solo music, it's its own thing. That's why I went out of my way after 'Crew' to not do a bunch of collaborations.

I think the Journey guys wanted to be back in Journey and I wanted to be back solo.

I was in bands when I was younger, and that's a lot of the reason I started working solo - it was always a compromise.

I can't tell you how much I wanted to be Han Solo when I was a teenager.

I wish I started out as a solo artist.

The reason I decided to become a solo artist in the first place was because I always felt that the results that I got from working as a team where everyone had equal say... ended up with compromised, watered-down results.

Being in a group, you don't really get to give an ounce of who you are as a solo artist.

I never imagined I'd be a solo artist. And now I couldn't imagine being part of a group.

Now that I'm coming out with my own record people can see I'm a solo artist.

It's just that as a solo artist, I have more burden and responsibilities on my shoulders.

To put my name on a track as a solo artist was a big deal to me. There was no band to act as a buffer.