Stanley Clarke Quotes

I've been in a band, so I understand the politics. Sometimes the bass player doesn't like what the guitar player is doing, and you have to sort of even that out.

I think when you work enough on your doing freelance stuff on other films, you start to feel what it feels like to work with people who are not totally on the same page as you.

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

And touring is difficult when everybody's heads aren't in the same place.

Ultimately, running a band is about the relationships you have with people.

Being in a band is a really magical thing because you've got a family and you operate as this one entity. It's very democratic; everyone is involved in the output. But within that, there can be a lot of disagreements and strife.

One of the things about Fleetwood Mac, you gotta say, is that it's not very often that you get everyone to want the same thing at the same time.

Many of us are inspired and are eager to get things done. But once too many people are involved, life becomes complicated. We are all social beings, so we have an innate urge to incorporate everyone's thoughts.

You're in a band with someone, it doesn't necessarily mean you're going to agree with everything they think or do.

It's normal for a team to have low moments.

I think different teams have different challenges as you go through.

A dysfunctional team means a dysfunctional - and likely doomed - company.

With all the different guys in the band and all the different ideas of what's what, it's hard to get everybody on the same page sometimes. We are a very tight brotherhood, but we never know what we're going to do.

Naturally, in a band or duo, it's really about compromise which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

The Bullet Club is fine, man. We've got a lot more to focus on than the problems that we may or may not have with each other. When you have so many guys together that are so talented, you're going to butt heads.

It's not that I can't collaborate. It's just that I don't know how to say no to people. If someone's like, 'Let's write a song together,' it's like, 'You'll write the song, and I'm gonna okay everything.' It's very hard to think that their ideas work with what I'm trying to do.

The problem with Danity Kane is everybody wanted to play everybody's role, and when you're in a group like that, that can't survive.

When you're part of an ensemble and share the screen with so many people, you become close to them because you're hanging out all the time. Obviously you have your ups and downs, but that kind of brings you closer in many ways.

I love being in a band. I love that collaborative spirit, although some would suggest that I don't get involved in the collaborative spirit, but it's not true.

I always step back and look at - you know, look at my background in playing team sports my whole life and taking that approach into Congress. It's not about me going, and you know, feeding my ego going to Congress.

I think I used to do everything and then people had a problem with that within the band, so we're doing more of a communal thing.

Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.

I've always been a good ensemble player.

Being in a band is always a compromise. Provided that the balance is good, what you lose in compromise, you gain by collaboration.

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