Adam Rich Quotes

It's not refreshing where there is confusion or any kind of discomfort in a group that has to work that closely together.

This band has never had an argument. It's just amazing.

Soundgarden was incredibly democratic, and I was really proud of that. I felt like we got along better than most bands we toured with and most people we knew. And at the same time, when you're that democratic and concerned with each other's opinions, you're always concerned with what the other people think.

At the end of the day, you drive your car, and that is what you focus on with yourself and your side of the garage, but of course it is always good to have a good relationship. You never want to have a negative battle or the team splitting up in any way.

I always want harmony within the band. I want it to work.

I think I used to do everything and then people had a problem with that within the band, so we're doing more of a communal thing.

I played on teams with 24 guys pulling the rope one way and one guy pulling the other. I've seen how destructive it can be. I tell them, 'If 13 of you are insanely successful and one fails, we all lose.'

I think that the climate within the band has changed, it's now in a more functional situation.

When you form a team, why do you try to form a team? Because teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed.

I've got great relationships with all of my teammates regardless of who it is.

Members of great teams confront each other when they see something that isn't serving the team.

The best kind of accountability on a team is peer-to-peer. Peer pressure is more efficient and effective than going to the leader, anonymously complaining, and having them stop what they are doing to intervene.

I don't want personal battles that take away from the team. I'm trying to win games.

I've never had hard feelings with any of my teammates who decided to leave or felt like it was best to leave.

I always had a good relationship with all my team-mates in my career.

All I can say is I am lucky I have never had any misunderstandings with my co-stars.

It happens over and over again—a group of people come together, fired up with passion to create change. They begin with huge inspiration and enthusiasm—and a year later, it’s all foundered in the mire of conflict. We could have changed the world ten times over—if we didn’t have to do it together with other people, those irritating, self-righteous, controlling, fluff-brained, clueless idiots who are our friends and allies.

It's more important to get along with people than to get ahead of them.

When you're part of an ensemble and share the screen with so many people, you become close to them because you're hanging out all the time. Obviously you have your ups and downs, but that kind of brings you closer in many ways.

My brother and I have too good a relationship to spoil it by working together.

So if you're on tour for eight months, a year... or whatever it is you definitely don't want arguments and I'm happy to say that I've always had a really nice bunch of people around me all the time.

My model for business is The Beatles: They were four guys that kept each others' negative tendencies in check; they balanced each other. And the total was greater than the sum of the parts.

When you know people are really at peace with who they are and what they do, they collaborate and want to help you to improve.

Don't organize in the spirit of antagonism; that should be beneath your consideration.

I've always been a good ensemble player.