Dianne Reeves Quotes

Being in a band with my wife, I'm very aware of the multitude of ways that can go wrong. We're best friends and are interested in the same things, so it's natural to make music together.

When you're in a creative flow with somebody - and I had this back in architecture school - you're just so passionate about what you're doing, and if that other person is just as passionate, you'll be madly in love with them. It's just that thrill of creating.

I say if you can find somebody you can make music with, that's a special thing, so you should try to keep it going.

I do not want to act unless I have a a great intimacy with the people I'm working with.

I just think that with music, it's kind of like life, and so the people you work with, you generally develop a relationship. You don't have to try to explain things. You just know. It's like you're in the band together and striving for the same goal.

I think the music that you make, often it's even better if you identify with other people.

Taylor Goldsmith and I hit it off big time, and so we started writing some songs together.

Me and Kehlani have music together, and I love her.

I see all the musicians in Blur with equal standing, really.

All I want to do for the rest of my life is be with Diana 24/7. We're creative people, and we love to work together.

I think Gram did his best work in co-writes. Sometimes when you're working with one other person, it's such a magical thing. You're editing each other and you're trying to create that one spark.

Relationship is an art. The dream that two people create is more difficult to master than one.

The loveliest Muse in the world does not feed her owner; these girls make fine mistresses but terrible wives

When you work with a DeNiro or Hoffman, they love what they do so much that there's never any competitive vibe. It's more about how do we do this thing together.

Jody Hill, who I created 'Eastbound And Down' and 'Fist Foot Way' with, was my best man at my wedding.

Over the years, I played with a couple of spectacular guitar players, and playing with them has made me play better than I knew how to play. I hope the same thing is true with acting.

But duets are a lot of fun, I'd love to do another one.

A lot of the great songwriters in history have been collaborators, with a separate lyricist.

Rooney was like marrying a high school sweetheart. And then you're like, 'I think we need some time to see other people,' and those other people are new musicians. Starsystem is like a new marriage with new musicians.

It's a rare thing to find somebody you can work with, work off of, and have fun with.

If one of my heroes comes to me and says, 'Do you want to work on something?' I just say, 'Yes.' I don't ask for details; I don't expect to get paid anything. I just love working with my heroes.

I love working with Alicia Keys, because it's not just the ability to do the dance to me; I think it's the ability to interpret it that excites me the most.

If the chemistry between me and the artist is good, then that's half the battle.

Music allows the great opportunity to play with people who turned you on and you love.

I think you can write very good comedy without a partner, but what I love about it, working with a partner, is that you get to places you'd never get on your own. It's like when God was designing the world and decided we couldn't have children without a partner; it was a way of mixing up the genes so you'd get a more interesting product.