Quotes About Collaboration

So I didn't have anything to do with picking the songs, but I got to musically take them in places I thought might be interesting, so it was a real neat collaboration among the three of us.

I put together amazing records, whether that's finding the beat or putting the right hook on there, and picking the right artists on the record. That's me being an A&R. And I'm making sure that they give me their best.

For me, it's not so much about picking the right position; it's about the team.

When we're in the business of picking fights with our allies instead of working with them, that takes away from our strength in dealing with China.

Sometimes on my show, I just play something out of the blue, and the band picks up on it.

When you have a lot of communication, it picks up the aggressiveness with everybody on the court.

I'm cool with Dr. Dre, I have his phone number, and he picks up when I call.

The manager picks the team and the team has got to go out and do its best.

We were always setting picks and screens and looking for an open shot.

When I work with Dre, he usually does more than 100 records and then picks his favorites.

I've been a lot of places and worked with a lot of different guys. High draft picks. Low draft picks.

I've heard stories of pickup bands that can't follow, but here's the thing: If you want to play with Chuck Berry, you listen to his greatest hits and learn the format of the songs, but don't try to play it note-for-note.

I'm very picky about the kind of work that I do, and I'm fortunate to have been able to work with great directors and great actors who've helped me grow as an artist.

I'm very picky about who we tour with.

When it comes to creation, I am open. However, I am extremely picky when it comes to who I create with.

I'm pretty picky about what I do and who I work with, for better or for worse.

If a script comes together, and you end up liking the people who are part of it, that's when you can make magic happen. It's a huge combination of trying to find something you think you can deliver on and a director you think you can collaborate with to make a good picture.

The Shining is my fourth picture with Jack Nicholson, or as he says, our fourth 'classic.'

As an actor, you really want to respect and honor the script. You want to try to be in the moment and you also realize that you're one part of a bigger picture and when they call action, you have your dance.

I don't make deals, I make pictures.

The Sennett system of making pictures was actually fun. You never knew what the person next to you was going to do.

Whatever you build, you're building for the family - not with an eye toward getting away, but with an eye toward adding to the family pie.

'Rather than fighting over a piece of the pie, can we grow the pie?' is really our model.

Collaboration is all about rewriting and rewriting and rewriting and helping each other to constantly improve a piece. And, it's also about spurring each other on to doing really great, hard work - it's easier to do it in a collaboration than on your own.