1. Whatever the work is, do it well—not for the boss but for yourself.

2. You make the job; it doesn’t make you.

3. Your real life is with us, your family.

4. You are not the work you do; you are the person you are.

The approach of the group to its own development could be summed up in the slogan: ‘Unity – Criticism – Unity’. That is to say, a deliberate, long-term view of the future of the Scratch Orchestra was taken. There could be no miraculous transformation. Only steady work and progress step by step could carry the Scratch Orchestra forward.