Tony Levin Quotes

I've never done songs with people just for the sake of the great combination. I've always done songs with friends.

The guys in my band are good friends on and off the stage. The band members that I have now is probably the best band that I have ever had.

You don't have to be best friends with people to make music.

The people I chose to work with me on this album are there because I have a personal relationship with them.

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

Brenda did some little vocal arrangements for us and she got to sing as well. So, we're happy to be able to work together and that's another reason why we look forward to doing more of these.

Music - opera particularly - is a process which is endurable or successful only if it is achieved by people who love to collaborate.

Yes, but the great thing about all the people - and I don't think there is any exception - who I've worked with is they've all been very, very talented musicians.

It was great to play with some of my old linemates.

I don't work with Sia every day; it depends what we do, whether we do performances or music videos, so the schedule is weird, but when we're off, we always try to see each other in between. We just hang out; we went to brunch one time, but for the most part I go to her house, and we eat and watch TV.

Well I guess I like variety pretty much, but I do enjoy this work very much. Particularly with Buddy on the gig, we get a chance to knock each other out It'just wonderful.

I would never butt heads with Rob Zombie. I don't know anybody that's in acting that ever butted heads with Rob Zombie. I adore Rob. I adore him. I adore working with him. I adore knowing him. I'm happy to consider myself a friend and someone who he hires. I just think he's great.

My wife and I were in a band and worked together on and off since we were 19 or 20.

You don't appreciate things until they're gone. For me, I miss my friends; I don't miss boxing, I miss the camaraderie.

Very, very broadly speaking, you can put directors into two areas: One for whom you work, and the other with whom you work. And I prefer the latter, for obvious reasons. It's a great relief to feel that you're working with someone rather than for someone.

Joe's been my drummer for 14 years, and we've been buddies for six years.

I just want to make the best music of all time with my best friends.

As long as you're getting along, it's nice to work with someone you know well.

Don Was is a friend of mine; we've done projects together over the years.

For me, the conductor is a person who interprets along with me, and we interpret things together.

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

With Rihanna, it's always a collaboration, and that's why I love her so much.

I love working with the same people. When I find someone I love and that I like working with, I don't want to stop working with them.

Those are two artists that I worked with real closely. Me and Miley are real close, me and Future are real close.

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