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Anyone who's really utilized collaboration has a philosophy like, 'Let's throw it all against the wall and see what sticks.' That's how we do…

— Jordan Peele

I approach song writing three different ways. One way is where I write the initial melody and lyrics first and then take it in…

— Manika

As the scripts come in they are sent to the artists, and the artists are either very busy, or ready to start.

— Garth Ennis

For the most part, the real work is done in the songwriting stage and recording; the next step is presenting to people.

— Washed Out

I normally start at the computer with something really simple like a four-bar loop of a drum sample or a bass line. And then…

— Washed Out

I turn on the machines and start to think about ideas and take it from there, it usually begins if it's a beat, a…

— Mick Harris

I want to do a collaboration or some kind of side thing or some soundtrack work. Because I've been doing this for years and…

— Jon Crosby

The studio's a collaborative environment. I just try to let people bring their own ideas to the songs and see what happens.

— John Darnielle

We rarely write in the studio. Everything's already completely arranged before we go in. That way, we can really focus on getting the recording…

— Danny Carey

I've never written anything that wasn't somewhat of a collaboration. I don't know how people do it on their own.

— Charlie Day

It's real difficult to pin down directions. I just want to do collaboration-tape stuff.

— Van Morrison

I did quite a lot of the arranging, fitting different sections together, tempo changes, all sorts of things like that. I actually acted as…

— Michael Giles