Taj Mahal Quotes

Sometimes I like to make music together with a singer or with singers.

Yes, I'm a musician. I also like to play with others, sometimes more, sometimes less.

For me making music is part social, part interaction, part collaboration.

I like being with the band, the whole idea of playing music with them.

It's easy to put on a Deep Purple record and say, 'That sounds great.' But why? Part of it is individual practice, but by playing together, a talent of meshing happens.

Find someone you can jam with. That's a big deal. When you play with someone else, you gotta work together to get the thing started and in time, working and in the groove.

In 'Boondien' I worked with a band where everyone had their own instrument to play.

I like to collaborate with other people for studio recordings because I believe collaboration, in any form, makes music better.

We would play, then they would play a set, then we would jam on the last song.

When you're in a band and there's five of you, you have to accommodate five people in every song.

With Pearl Jam, everybody is so good at what they do, it's hard to get up the courage to say, 'Can I sing this part,' or, 'I want to play guitar.'

I'll come in with a string of riffs and direct the musical ideas. But you still need a band and their input to make the ideas come alive. You can't underestimate band chemistry.

That said, everything's important, and every musician who plays on the record is an integral part of it.

As an improviser I'm now pretty comfortable with trios, so I'm thinking of working up to quartets.

When you're doing collaborative music, the relationship that forms is a very bonding kind of experience.

Creating sounds together with other musicians is something I've always liked doing.

Luckily, I'm in a band with two other guys who really pull their own weight and have the skills and abilities to compensate for my weaknesses.

I've always worked with other people. As a musician, it's your role to basically share with other people.

I love being part of a creative process, so having a band to work with is perfect for me.

I do like playing music with other people.

A Cat Stevens record isn't just Cat Stevens' ideas. It's Cat Stevens and all the musicians who play with Cat Stevens, right?

Brenda did some little vocal arrangements for us and she got to sing as well. So, we're happy to be able to work together and that's another reason why we look forward to doing more of these.

Artie is a singer, and I'm a writer and player and a singer. We didn't work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that.

I love bands that can collaborate, and I feel like the Rolling Stones wouldn't be nearly as great as they are if it wasn't for them having a real group.

I enjoy the collaboration. I always envied people in bands who got to have that interaction. 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.