Care Quote by John Densmore

If you're playing live, I like to think of the ensemble, whether it's the duet or a forty piece orchestra, as one person. And…

— John Densmore

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…

— Jurnee Smollett-Bell

The idea of having one ensemble do everything is what was on 'Sea Lion' and that's what I tried to make happen for 'Metals,'…

— Feist

The ensemble playing is as clean as a whistle. The band plays in tune and with dynamics. Also, there is some fine arranging and…

— Horace Silver

I feel like the songs that I write are best when they are performed by an ensemble, rather than by one solo instrument.

— Thalia Zedek

When an ensemble is really tight or playing as one, it's a transcendental experience. It is spiritual. It goes beyond the ensemble. Ray and…

— John Densmore

You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.

— Kurt Masur

The problem is, when you're working with orchestras, you only get the orchestra for about two hours before the performance to pull it all…

— Andrew Bird

A musician should only sound like what they do, and no two musicians sound the same. It's an individual-feel thing, you know?

— Dave Grohl

When I want 30 musicians in the orchestra, I get 30.

— Les Baxter

The game is if the orchestra can hear each other, they play better. If they play better and there's a tangible feeling between the…

— Frank Gehry

Orchestra had a little brass ensemble on two tracks as well, but the rest was me. I knew I couldn't continue in this direction,…

— Eberhard Weber