Quotes About Collaboration

One of the things that is interesting about reading conspiracy theory is that much of what folks think is conspiracy is really many people acting in concert to make or protect their money.

When you play music with someone who has a heart rather than playing with someone who is just doing it for money or is cynical it makes all the difference.

If you need to bring in a business partner, make sure your partner brings along some money.

When, President Bush asks me to go with his father to the Tsunami impacted areas and help raise money, I was thrilled to do that, because I think we have to always keep looking for common ground.

In making a movie, you're part of a big machine. Even in a small movie there are still so many people involved in the process, and it costs so much money to make.

I would have shared with the banks my long-term vision and got them involved instead of just going to them when I needed money. I should have got them on my team right from the start.

Maybe if you and ten of your friends could pool your savings and borrow some money and actually buy some obscure station in Sonoma, and then take some chances and have some fun.

Just because one of you earns the paycheck doesn't mean that person should lord over how the money is handled.

You know, with your money and my brains, I mean, there's no telling how far we'd go.

The single greatest demotivator of a team is having members who are not carrying their load.

I really love something about being around the recording studios - you know, like, those days in the '80s they'd be, like, in the studio 'til 4, 5, 6 in the morning working on these songs.

In the creative process there is the father, the author of the play; the mother, the actor pregnant with the part; and the child, the role to be born.

Mother Earth is giving birth to a co-creative humanity. There's not a majority anywhere, but it's cropping up everywhere, because old leadership does not have the authority to guide us.

My mother always told me that inaction is not an option. And neither is going it alone.

My mother was kept very busy with her sewing; sometimes she would have another woman helping her.

My mother was really my partner in every project that I had. She was just the great enabler of my dreams.

I love the idea that it doesn't take one person only to achieve your potential. It takes a village, it takes a community, a street, a teacher, a mother.

Great ideas come from everywhere if you just listen and look for them. You never know who's going to have a great idea.

No individual can win a game by himself.

It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.

A good organization is like a box of crayons. You need different colors of the spectrum, but all the crayons should fit in the box.

The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for a common goal.

Up to a point you welcome being interrupted because it is only by interacting with other people that you get anything interesting done.

Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive.