Aaron Dessner Quotes

Paul Gray - he believed in my art, and I believed in his music. Together, we decided to change the world, and that's what we did.

I like the idea of collaboration - it pushes you. It's a richer experience.

Nothing is more exciting and bonding in relationships than creating together.

When you work with a DeNiro or Hoffman, they love what they do so much that there's never any competitive vibe. It's more about how do we do this thing together.

Entrepreneurs have a natural inclination to go it alone. While this do-it-yourself spirit can help you move forward, adding an element of collaboration into the mix can make you unstoppable.

People in bands don't have the kind of conversations people might think they have. The best things about being in a band are the things that are unsaid.

To see my wife getting inspired from my notes and thoughts, going in the direction I wanted, and have her surprise me with wonderful choices was a real treat.

I think you can write very good comedy without a partner, but what I love about it, working with a partner, is that you get to places you'd never get on your own. It's like when God was designing the world and decided we couldn't have children without a partner; it was a way of mixing up the genes so you'd get a more interesting product.

You know how the Beatles broke off - they all did their solo projects and they came back together and they were even stronger!

I'm so motivated to collaborate with people and help them realize the kind of collective vision.

When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone - it's possible. But creatively, it's more like painting: you can't just use the same colours in every painting. It's just not an option. You can't take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

I love collaborating.

I think you live a fuller life with someone else, you know, you're firing on all cylinders. It can be a nightmare at times, we all know that, but nevertheless in the end I think to have someone else's input on anything - a book, a meal, your children, life, a walk - is fantastic.

Filmmaking creates a sort of - trust, maybe. It has led me to a group of people I feel good with. We have something in common because of film, when otherwise we might have nothing.

But I'm blessed to work with great people. I collaborate with brilliant stylists both here and in Paris. I work with a great design team. I really allow everyone to bring their ideas. I almost rely on them to inspire me.

If you take all that I've learned from Joe and all that Joe has learned from me, and you throw all that into a song, not only are you using the gifts that God gave you, but also all the experiences you've had.

That is what I did with Jack, and that's why he liked to do the readings with me because he knew I was there for him, and for our ability to blend the poetry and the music.

Friendships are this fun team. You get to have partners in crime.

For me, it's not about being the best designer. I'm interested in being the best partner. The best collaborator.

A film unit is like a family, you not just work together but laugh, cry and fight also.

I feel like there's a lot of sympathy and camaraderie among documentary filmmakers.

When you win, you win together and when you lose, you lose together too.

Collaborations have no meaning if 1 + 1 does not equal much more than 2.

Myself, Karl Anderson, and Luke Gallows are best friends. We travel together, we train together, we eat together, and we do a lot of things together.

Run The Jewels, me and Mike, and our connection and everything, came out of a period of time where I had personally lost everything.