When I was young, and much more self-absorbed (yet insecure), I had mostly performed solo. Occasionally, I would work with one or two others, but not for extended periods. When I found myself in a trio doing regular gigs in the early 1960's, my greatest difficulty was subordinating my ego and my need to "do it my way" to the needs of the group and its sound. It was, sometimes, a bitter lesson. I was not always easy to work with and was sometimes a bit petty, I suppose. The payoff was the audience reaction, when everything worked well for us - the feeling was electric. We were producing something that was truly more than the sum of its parts.

When I read "artistic differences" in stories of bands breaking up, I remember myself in those days. Ego can really be a cancer when you forget the bigger picture. If you truly NEED to do it solo, be true to yourself.