Quotes About Collaboration

Back when I was jamming with Axl and the guys they had boxes of cassettes with song ideas. How do you know which ones you like now when you have that many ideas.

You do get into a groove, which is great, when you get to act with the same people a lot. Like with Caroline Catz - it's like a duet: you're like a duo jamming together.

I love jamming with my band because the guys inspire me every time. We all get off on each other's playing.

I write contemporary rock with Jane's. And I also write house music with people like Kascade.

The first time we all played as a band, I think it was in January 1998, in Jonny's bedroom.

Ring of Honor has always been about the best wrestling in the world, and by adding the New Japan talent into the game, it's really upped everyone's game.

It's a tough line, Japanese and western games. We wanted to blur that line.

Jason Reitman is an amazing director; he's really amazing with his actors and crew.

I'll say it, I love working with actors, I'm a fan of actors. They bring so much, and they can also break a movie, but when it works I give it all to the actors. I'll say it, I think that 'The Transporter' is great not because of my direction, it really is great because Jason Statham was great in it.

Jason Woliner and I have been longtime friends and collaborators.

I've never worked with the Java community.

I would definitely love to work with somebody like Jay Z or Rihanna.

I always wanted to do a record called, 'The Three J's,' because you got me, Jay Rock, you got J. Cole, and you got Jay Z. I thought that it would be dope. I said, if I couldn't get Jay Z, we'll get Jay Electronica.

Jay Z and Biggie and Nas always listened to my direction. They listened and they applied it and I also listened to their opinions and that's why the records came out so good.

Jay Prince was instrumental in everything that came out of Rap-a-Lot, especially anything that had to do with the Geto Boys or Scarface.

Me and my homeboy Almighty Jay - he YBN too - we used to just be freestyling in XBOX parties.

With Jay-Z, it's hard not to be amazing.

I'd like to collaborate with Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige.

When you've got certain people like Jay-Z wanting to work with me, then it makes you think people do love me.

There is no blood in jazz drumming, and there are no bullies in jazz drumming.

There's so much spirit of integration and democracy in jazz.

By its very nature, no one person can ever be the center of jazz.

I like the idea of an eclectic approach, incorporating jazz with other forms and other genres of music.

At the end of '69 I did a gig with Jean Luc Ponty here in L.A. He was an electric violinist.