Itay Talgam Quotes

That's what I like to do: bring out the best in people.

You have to surround yourself with people who live, breathe and eat something that you're trying to do, and then it becomes a motivating thing for them to want to support and get behind what you're doing - it's all good then.

People say, "You should write lyrics" and I say I'm quite happy not to, because I like being part of that process where you write your version of what someone else's lyrics are saying to you, and that enjoyment has never changed.

Leadership isn't about simply being in charge and treating your people like soldiers and barking orders. Leadership is sharing your knowledge and your direction so that others grow and reach their potential.

If we inspire people, they will give us more than we asked for. If we manipulate them, they will give us exactly what we paid for

I am driven by great work and seeing people do incredible things and having a part in that.

Making a film, you're in a really dark tunnel and the only kind of illumination is the shared experience you're having with your fellow cast and director.

I'm just always making things that are personal but hopefully also inspiring, and share not just my story, but other people's stories.

Choose great people and shine in their shadows

The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.

Leaders need to remember that the point of leading is not to cross the finish line first. It's to take people across the finish line with you. For that reason, leaders must deliberately slow their pace, stay connected to their people, enlist others to help fulfill the vision, and keep people going. You can't do that if you're running too far ahead of your people.

People who are role models for the principles and values of the organization, who buy in and understand the vision of what the organization is trying to accomplish, and have the personality to inspire other people to the vision. You know, that’s what team chemistry and leadership is all about.

I was lucky to have been there with some great people. I think I learned the most from the people around me. Just when you get talented people there, like the people who you talk to. And it spurs you on.

Music is the universal language ... it brings people closer together.

A director on a film really sets the tone of how people go about things, so everybody is happy to be at work and everybody does their best.

Talented performers flock to the best and brightest leaders, and these leaders in turn lift the lids off their people and uncork the latent talent inside of them.

I've done so many albums where I've been in the studio for 14 hours a day for six months just trying to come up with things on my own. It's a nice change helping other people with their music and not being all about what I'm trying to do myself.

Leadership is not something that is done to people, like fixing your teeth. Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.

It's not something you can find. There's a moment you arrive at --- there's no words for it. A bunch of people come together at this place where a note hits your heart and your brain tells your finger where to go. It's an otherworldly thing, like when a painter gets the right combination of colors together.

People won't give their best unless their leader challenges them to do so.

Friendship, harmony, and leadership - pushin' people, just givin' people that push, like I would expect them to do for me, they'd do the same for me in return.

...whatever I ended up doing with my life,I wanted to people feel the way this music was making me feel.

Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.

Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common.

It's always great when you get a lot of people pushing themselves to do better, be better, invent better, better serve, better lead customers in new directions.