World War II ended the Great Depression with one of the great public-private industrial collaborations in the history of man.
As far as the mechanics go, working with other people on received ideas was for me a very interesting technical problem. I can't say that any of my collaborations engaged my heart, but they engaged the craftsman in me.
Collaborations aren't easy, but you definitely get something highly different than had you done it on your own. That's part of the experience.
Many of my early Vines and collaborations were with gay people.
I try to do collaborations with as many artists as possible. It's really excellent and fun to actually work with another songwriter.
I love doing collaborations - it's always good to do something that's out the box.
Being known as a writer did change the relationships I had with directors. The rap on actors is that they always want to inflate their parts. But when directors know you write screenplays and have a different view of things, you really get invited into the huddle in a much fuller way. And those collaborations end in friendships.
There are many collaborations I'd like to explore. One is to co-write a rap concerto with Eminem.
Some of the best art in the world is collaborative, a mix of voices that are stronger together than separate. Take the Beatles, for example. Or every great movie ever made. We like to say they're the director's vision, but really, they're huge collaborations between directors, writers, actors, even producers.
For so many years fashion was shrouded in mystery, this glamorous profession that people knew very little about, they thought it was so glamorous. It now has become so available, with the Internet, with shops like H&M and Target that do designer collaborations, so it's more available to everyone and that's created more interest.