Terry Riley Quotes

It's easy to put on a Deep Purple record and say, 'That sounds great.' But why? Part of it is individual practice, but by playing together, a talent of meshing happens.

Whatever we do as a band, none of us can do as individuals. We all know that, whatever we have gone through with each other and as a band.

The Eagles are four very alpha personalities. We've all done solo work, and we've all played with very good musicians, but when the four of us get together, it becomes something that's much bigger than any one of us.

I prefer the band situation. I prefer the relationship. Music is meant to be that way. It's meant to be interdependent.

It's less about what you do and more about who you are doing it with.

I've learned that you can call it a band, but unless everyone is contributing, it's not, really. It's pretending that it's a band.

I'm not saying I'll never go solo - never is a long time - but I've always been onstage with someone else. That way, you're in it together, and you can feel, together, when the songs are right.

Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song.

To be a great band it's like you have that telepathy. You know when the bass player's in back of you without even looking. You know when your guitar player's coming up to you to lean up to you and sing into your microphone. You just know these things. You feel it. You feel the energy of it.

I have always needed other musicians to bounce off.

Personality-wise, I'm much more suited to be in a band and part of an ensemble than I am to lead. I never have been comfortable with the leading thing.

I tell everybody, if you've got a band that works, it's a miracle. It's never going to be perfect, but if it works on some level, hold on to it with both hands and don't ever let it go.

A film unit is like a family, you not just work together but laugh, cry and fight also.

I personally feel like the end product is always better when you can make a collective. It's like a band. You can have a bunch of individual great musicians, but when you come together, there's a sound that it creates that you couldn't do on your own.

The relationship in Pantera and with Damageplan is the opposite of the traditional rhythm section. It's me and Dime, not the bass, locking in always. Dime's such a strong rhythm player that we just walk in, and we're good to go. We've been playing together forever, and when he goes somewhere, I instinctively know where he's going.

You just want someone that you're going to get on with. That is genuinely the first priority. Even before how good they are, you want someone that you know you're going to have a laugh with and that the journey is going to be OK between the two of you.

When you play with another piano player, it's just second nature to play the parts that need to be played.

I only want to write a song with the people who want to write a song with me.

It will be amazing to collaborate with my dad. It will be special.

I didn't know there was this sort of immediate camaraderie that's very intense when you make a movie because you're all in this together. You tend to get really close to people really fast.

Joel Little and I have this certain chemistry we have when we work together.

I'm the kind of actor who truly believes that every play is a company play.

The thing about a band is, it's not so much how good the musicians are - it's the blend of personalities and characters. It's the human chemistry that makes up a good team.

A team is more like a family; that's how I grew up.

My band and I are even closer. They've grown with me over four years, so we're closer and closer and closer.