Robert Schumann Quotes

A good band is like a team. You want to have the right balance. It's not always the best people you need, but the right ones for the job.

If you've only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble.

I've always been a good ensemble player.

I feel like Josh, Michelle and Adam were all team players, who wanted to be a part of an ensemble.

Within an ensemble, like in sports, if you do your little job, it makes everybody look good.

The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.

I think our strength is this strong relationship we have all together.

I don't have the time to tell you all the things I've learned from this cast. It's an extraordinary ensemble because we all support each other so well.

As long as I have the support and respect of my teammates, that's all I can ask for.

So I think we got together as the Academy to give ourselves that sort of responsibility and to play well.

Look around. There are no enemies here. There's just good, old-fashioned rivalry.

Part of an ensemble show is realizing it's a collaboration. It's like a symphony. Everybody takes their turn, but it's really the collective group that matters.

I don't like it when a player says, 'I like freedom; I want to play for myself.' Because the player has to understand he is part of a team with 10 other players. If everyone wants to be a jazz musician, it will be chaos. They will not be a team, and nothing will be possible.

It's highly collaborative, musical theater, so everybody has got to somehow get along.

You have to play together and play the right way.

Theatre is such a joy because it's a group effort. Everyone has to move in tandem. It was lovely to be able to carry that over into 'Barry.'

The four of us are really in sync with each other. We're pretty open about most things. We try to respect each other as much as we can. For us, communication is really important.

I owe a lot to my teammates.

All the small things matter. Communication. It doesn't matter what you are doing. You have to be on the same page.

When people work together, they have no time for nonsense.

I always respect my team and my competitors. I never had problems with anybody.

There's a brotherhood with the specialists. There's not many of them and we don't get any respect, so we have to show a little respect for each other. We have to help each other out if we have the opportunity.

Play well with others.

The best teams play for each other, not with each other

Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.