Starhawk Quotes

As far as I can see there are no problems with people in our band as far as the relationships go anyway.

One guy cannot create a field, but one person can get others thinking.

Every player needs to use their voice to shake up things.

Sometimes you're going to have someone on your team who's just not comfortable with being open. You have to ask yourself, 'Is this person going to allow us to be a real team?' Maybe they're not right for your team. You have to be willing to lose someone sometimes.

I hate teaming up with people. Absolutely hate it.

If you don't have a cohesive team, you won't have good results.

Don't say I don't get along with my teammates. I just don't get along with some of the guys on the team.

I found the bench to be the greatest ally when I had to make individuals comply with what was best for the team

Most bands don't work out. A small unit democracy is very, very difficult.

Isn't cricket supposed to be a team sport? I feel people should decide first whether cricket is a team game or an individual sport.

Teams are often pretty clear about what they can do or are willing to do.

What's great about 'The Avengers' is that it's the next step. It's not just superhero fights super-villain and superhero wins. It's about superheroes that come together and interact. It's a clash of the egos. You could do 'Avengers 1' without a villain, just with all these guys coming together. They could sit down and just have a discussion.

I think it's an extremely important factor to have your team together. It goes back to having distractions. When you all stay together for a period of time you're not training people or feeling out different personalities.

Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.

I love working with people who are inspired and obsessive.

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

We humans are really good at forming groups to compete, and then dissolving the groups and reforming them along different lines to compete in a different way.

You can have the best people in the business, but if they're not collaborating - and they're butting heads - then it's all going to go south.

I'd rather play with 10 people and just get penalized all the way until we have to do something else rather than play with 11 when I know that right now that person is not sold out to be a part of this team.

It really comes down to Mick. He's the one who was constantly trying to get these five people in one room together. This is his love, his baby. It's his band, and there's nothing more he loves to do than get up on stage and play with us.

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

When you're on tour you definitely don't want lots of arguments. It's very important that everybody gets on because you're in close proximity a great deal of the time.

The more alone I am, the more focused I can get. I've written things with people, some of which I liked and others I think are total travesties. Collaborating is trying to make a piece of music and get someone else to come up with the ideas. What's the fun of that?

I'm terrible at collaborating with people; nothing ever ends up coming out good.

You know, it's just tough to get together and do work with somebody.