“My mother was this force of nature when it came to both communication ...” — Jacob Collier Quote

My mother was this force of nature when it came to both communication with people and the whole of learning music. She's a champion.

Making music with other people feeds spontaneity, and lends ideas to your solo work.

I've spent so much of my life examining the smallest details. In some ways, it's where I feel most at home. For me, it's super-important to understand all of the different nuances of light and shade. But if you can't paint in primary colours, no one's going to listen to your songs, because they need to feel like something.

There are a whole bunch of instruments I'd like to build.

Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.

Intelligence, knowledge or experience are important and might get you a job, but strong communication skills are what will get you promoted.

The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.

I've learned that leadership requires a number of qualities. It's behavioural, tactical, technical, about communication... everyone has these to varying degrees. I try to encourage players to show theirs.

If the expansion of a global legal regime for communication technologies gains traction, the effects to the global economy as well as our individual liberties will be severe.