Jay Kay Quotes

I believe you can work with anybody.

One thing I learned particularly at Yale was how to work with others. Having studied so long trying to master myself, the biggest challenge was learning about the other person's work.

I play well with everybody.

What I've learned - after working for, I guess, some time now - is when you're approaching a relationship like that, like, any working relationship, it's good to be open. To know that someone might have a different way of doing things and listen to them. And hopefully, you come to a common understanding.

I can work with anyone.

You could have one idea in your mind, and afterwards you could be working with a team with different players, and you may not be able to achieve what you want to, so you need to adapt.

I'm always learning from experiences because each one is different and there are different players involved in the project at the time with their own way of doing things.

I can work with a lot of different mentalities.

I realized that if I had to work with others, I had to align with their vision.

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.

As a writer, you're really in control of almost everything. That's not the case in TV. You have to be prepared to work with a lot of people to make something happen, and you got to be prepared, at least in the beginning, to not be too good at your specific task.

My mum always told me 95 per cent of success was partnering well.

I've grown up a little bit. I understand the importance of the negotiation. It is a collective act.

I've always been a good ensemble player.

You learn how to compromise and you learn how to read each other. Honestly, being in a band with two guys has prepared me so much for when it's time for me to get married!

Working with my husband, I thought we would be at each other. As close as we are, our styles are so different. But it didn't happen - we were surprised.

I've played sports pretty much my whole life, and that teaches you how to work with anyone, whether you like that person or you don't, and whether you get along with them or you don't. The circumstances don't matter. Team work is part of life.

I come from a background where I like collaboration and improv. I think that it is important.

I seem to be able to get along with anybody when I work because I really enjoy being there.

I think every time you work with another collaborator, there's an adjustment process where you figure out the other person's strengths, and that has definitely happened for me.

No matter whether you are new or an old team member, you need time to adjust to one another.

Well, then we got to know each other and eventually worked out a bit of idea of management.

I think that people who have played sports have an ability to relate to people because when you're playing you have to work on teams and with opposing players.

When you collaborate, you have to be willing to scrap a lot.

You can learn a little bit from everybody, so you should be able to work a bit with everybody.