The Importance of Collaboration in Music Making

I would say of all the times that we've hung out, you seem the most comfortable in your skin today. I'm very shy. It literally takes me about like 10 times of meeting someone to like be able to open up. And it's been like the same with my music making process as well. Not that I wasn't before, but it feels now like I can treat my music making like an old friend rather than a struggle.