Collaboration quotes
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"I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future. I'm a big fan of Common. I'm a big fan of Scarface; I'm a big fan of so many people, from Jeezy to... well, there are a lot of people's music that I respect. I don't know who I will collaborate with, but there's a great chance of something happening."
"That's my mathematician who examines problems which I put before him and checks their validity. You see, I am not myself a good mathematician."
"Whoever you are, whatever you are, start with that, whether salt of the earth or only white sugar."
"Because I helped to wind the clock, I come to hear it strike."
"Give, give, give-what is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don't give it away?"
"Live like a mighty river."
"I have always thought that the best way to find out what is right and what is not right, what should be done and what should not be done, is not to give a sermon, but to talk and discuss, and out of discussion sometimes a little bit of truth comes out."
"I don't want to direct. I have no directing ambition whatsoever. And as long as I meet filmmakers like Tom Hooper, Stephen Frears, and others who allow that collaboration, I can't see why I would ever want to direct."
"Collaboration is the best way to work. It's the only way to work, really. Everyone's there because they have a set of skills to offer across the board."
"My only concern about art collaborations is that I never thought of myself as an Artist. My tax forms say Musician/Songwriter."
"Filmmaking is such a collaboration. At a certain point, I suppose you do have to let go and trust the people you're working with."
"I learn a lot from my experiences and collaborations. Most of my collaborations are meant for me to learn."
"To the extent that the scientist's capacity for pursuing the truth depends upon costly apparatus, institutional collaboration and heavy capital investment by government or industry he is no longer his own master."
"The real beauty in my professional experience has been friendships and collaborations with filmmakers."
"I like style. For Dior, I did more of a collaboration shoot, not just a single image - so there was more to it. It's a very prestigious brand. I like their style and feel like their style is mine."
"Denzel Washington: I like the collaboration, I like seeing people do well, so I really plan to direct the rest of my days."
"Combating climate change requires collaboration with many levels of government."
"It's very nourishing and collaborative - kind of the true essence of what one would want an artistic collaboration to be [the collaboration with Oprah Winfrey]."
"Have different people in your fold. Have cross-disciplinary collaborations."
"It's real difficult to pin down directions. I just want to do collaboration-tape stuff."
