Quotes About Collaboration

Music is about communication, and the chemistry between an audience and the orchestra is absolutely essential; the performance does not exist in a bubble.

The shows are so different from each other, depending on whether I play with my band, Nine Stories, other musicians, an orchestra, only one or two members of my band.

I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.

A conductor can't be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much.

I love working with an orchestra, but there are many ways to make music.

With an orchestra you are building citizens, better citizens for the community.

You find Jews, Irish, and Italians in every orchestra.

Playing in an orchestra is where I learned the most about music.

There's nothing worse than working with an orchestra who looks down on working with a conductor who doesn't want to conduct for you. You need to be with an orchestra that can follow you and respect you.

'Geronimo' was a huge amount of work. That involved 80-piece orchestras and Indians and Tuvans and all kinds of crazy people on that thing. That's a real circus, that score.

Most of the time, I'll be conducting the orchestra, but there will be some pieces that I'll be playing an instrument as well, just because I love playing. There's pieces where I want to grab an instrument and play with the rest of the group, like 'The Light of the Seven,' for example; I would love to play the piano for that.

If the orchestra's not enjoying itself, the concerto will not succeed, with the players confined to using half an inch of bow.

The new leader is a facilitator, not an order giver.

I did an episode of 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' with Jeff Goldblum, which was fun because I've known him for years.

The Vichy government was under occupation and carried out the orders of the German occupier.

I think 'director' is a very broad term. I like to think of myself as the head collaborator, not the director, because I think, for a lot of people, 'director' connotes giving orders and telling people what to do.

My collaborations tend to be pretty organic. It starts off with me being a fan first.

For me, it's always an organic process. I don't personally reach out to artists without the music being created first.

For me, there is no point in doing a duet unless it is organic or there is an emotional thru line.

Me and Clams have always kept it organic with the way we work. It's just always the right time. It's never no pressure. He always comes through if I need him. I always come through if he needs me, and we always meet at that right time.

2 Chainz and I have a history. It's always an honor and pleasure working with him, because it seems like everything we do is dope. We just have that organic chemistry.

I'm down to work with anyone as long as it's an organic collaboration.

You do not want to be in a creative organisation with everybody being like-minded and stroking each other's creative egos. You want differences of opinion... constructively.

There's a lot of women's organisations, but they're all working separately. If you get people together, as a collaborative voice, it's strong.