Skitch Henderson Quotes

I have a lot of great friends in football. The game was great to me. And I've been able to do other things in television and enjoy that, meeting those people.

You should be accumulating really great relationships throughout your career.

The relationships we have with people are extremely important to success on and off the job.

The best way a mentor can prepare another leader is to expose him or her to other great people.

I've gotten to work with some wonderful directors and people who have been great teachers to me.

I came across a lot of young composers who have got passion but lack experience. I want to help them out.

The smartest thing you can do in this business is get connected with a great agent to help you. Get connected with people who will form a family around you, or a moat.

But, I think it's great to be able to work with established directors, and then also first-timers. I feel like you learn from both of them, but then you can go and share your knowledge with each of them. That's really fantastic!

Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.

You know, I've learned a lot from every person I've collaborated with, from Madlib to Jean Grae and Hi-Tek, to Mos to DJ Quik, to even somebody like Jermaine Dupri. I've taken something important away from every experience.

I consider myself extremely lucky to have worked with so many great collaborators in my lifetime.

Mentorship is really important. I really like to talk to people who have been in the music industry much longer than me about artists' block, things I'm struggling with, or the music business. It's really important for artists to have a community. Sometimes you can feel quite isolated.

I've been around the music business for a long time now, and I've had a lot of chances to do movies. But I didn't really want to do any until I found stuff that started to hit me in the right place.

I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.

The only way to get ahead in the music business these days is to call up all your friends. To pool your resources.

Regarding managing people, I am lucky to be surrounded by good, smart friends, some of whom own their own companies or have worked in ones and can lend experience.

The great thing about being in this business is that you meet people, and I met Sally Struthers.

When you're working in the industry, and you're working with people who are well known and are so regarded, you do just pick up on things. Talking to people and hearing their stories, you learn a lot.

People like RZA and DJ Premier are really on the balcony to scope my musical theories. They also help me focus on making sure I make money, making sure I get the notoriety I should, just regular stuff that friends do when you're in the business. And to call them friends is amazing.

I have been with some great organizations, crossed paths with special people, and made numerous lasting relationships.

I think the biggest thing is kind of working everywhere and working with different people that, when I did walk through the door at WWE and looked around, I didn't really feel that out of place because every second face I looked at is somebody I've known for over a decade or worked with or I've been around in some capacity in the industry.

I turn to people who've been successful running networks, building production companies, building music companies, and people who have done it, and I ask them about their successes. And you will see them light up and give you all the information you need.

I've been able to meet interesting people who have helped me. And, in turn, I want to help out my fellow NBA players.

I've been fortunate to work with artists that are at the top of their respective genres. That allowed me to learn from them and their success.

I'm good at what I do and still improving as I learn from mentors, founders, partners, friends, family, strangers, my own investors, and the experience itself.