Fred Schneider Quotes

The era of roadside decisions, declarations have gone. My government's decisions will be guided by teamwork and consultations.

I like being in a band where everybody's equal.

The great thing about the Wilburys was that none of us had to take the heat by ourselves. I was just a member of the band. Nobody felt like he was above anybody else. We had such a good time.

Both Neil and I had done solo projects where we were the boss and I just thought that if he was willing to get into it, it would really be a good experience for him.

I think most co-directors and co-writers just hold hands.

I don't treat the band like I'm above them or that they're a hired hand for me. We've never worked that way. So I'm a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone.

There's no such thing as a lead singer in our band.

I hate the word assistant. No one works for me. I work with everyone because I couldn't do anything without the people that I work with.

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.

Movies are a collaboration, I feel, so I didn't think of myself as an authoritative figure as much.

Kevin and Annette... I wanted them to do it together. They clearly wanted to work with each other.

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.

When one doesn't want the limelight, but is also creative in developing whatever it is they are, then you can have two equal people that aren't competing against each other. I think when you are in the same field, it's difficult to leave it outside and not compete. Then when the doors are closed; that pervades everything.

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

I don't view myself as a team manager, but a team captain. I'm part of the team, but everybody else as well.

It is not only one person's work, it's really a partnership and collaboration during all these years.

You know, you can have someone who's the very best at something, but if there's not that kind of chemistry, collaborating is not going to amount to anything.

I don't feel I'm a step above anyone on this team. I'm just another link in the chain.

In many ways, a song-writing partnership is like a marriage. Apart from just liking each other, a lyricist and a composer should be able to spend long periods of time together - around the clock if need be - without getting on each other's nerves. Their goals, outlooks, and basic philosophies should be similar.

I am hunting for people who would be a good colleague or a teammate, not someone who works for me.

Collaboration is something I missed at one point in The Shins. I really wanted to have that experience again, you know, not having everything rely on me. I wanted to have a partner.

This was all very new to me and I did not want to ruin his film! So we worked hard on that basis of confidence that is needed to collaborate comfortably.

I'm not really a control person, and I'm a big believer in collaboration. I like to have a friend.

I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.

Sometimes Lennon needed McCartney and sometimes Simon needed Garfunkel. You'd go mad doing everything on your own.