Navjot Singh Sidhu Quotes

If you've only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble.

Part of an ensemble show is realizing it's a collaboration. It's like a symphony. Everybody takes their turn, but it's really the collective group that matters.

I have no want or desire to solo. I'd rather create melodies and accompanying parts.

Working with a bunch of actors is like trying to tune each violin.

In the Eagles, you have specific assignments. You have vocal parts and musical parts that need to be exactly in place at the right time. And if all of us do our job, it becomes something bigger than any of us.

Every orchestra has its own sound.

My whole life, I've been watching conductors. I was 7 the first time I played with a conductor. Seeing the ones that do it well, it's an amazing thing.

I've always been a good ensemble player.

When I do an operation, it's half a dozen people. When it goes beautifully, it's like a symphony, with everybody playing their part.

We are each but a quarter note in a grand symphony.

How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?

Within an ensemble, like in sports, if you do your little job, it makes everybody look good.

Music teaches people to work together, which is maybe one of the most important skills.

People must work in unison.

It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other.

The sound of the orchestra is one of the most magnificent musical sounds that has ever existed.

I mean, the great secret is that an orchestra can actually play without a conductor at all. Of course, a great conductor will have a concept and will help them play together and unify them.

I am a believer in cooperation.

Comprise should not be a dirty word. It should be what we all strive to achieve jointly.

In theatre, there is a unique feeling of everyone working as a team, which you never get in films.

I equate composing with orchestrating. I think my music in terms of an orchestra.

We don't believe in competition.

I believe in collaboration and cooperation.

You have a great result if the orchestra trusts the conductor, and the conductor trusts the orchestra.

The best teams play for each other, not with each other