“We want to be safe for the future because we don't know how record companies can afford to pay for studios for bands. If we build our own studio, it means we can make our own music for the rest of our lives, whatever happens. We feel safe now, it's really cool.” MeanReally Cool Author:Nicolas Godin
“Every song is like a reflection of some emotions and words that we wanted to say to someone else, or some currents of life that went through our brains.” SongEmotionBrainReflection Author:Nicolas Godin
“That's the paradox. Since we can spend as long as we want, we worked so much faster than we used to. I think that when you don't have the pressure anymore, the ideas come faster.” ThinkingLongParadox Author:Nicolas Godin
“If you're in a commercial studio, you've got to be out by the end of the day, and it can be paralyzing, but if you have your own studio you move fast because you don't care. If you don't care, you can be patient, and also think fast.” ThinkingCareMovingPatientBe Patient Author:Nicolas Godin
“Some sounds are coming from the keyboard and they are very important in the writing process, but on the other hand, we have melody and we have the song before, so if the keyboard sound fits very well, it takes its artistic direction. We play the machines and the machines play us.” WritingImportantSongFitArtisticMelodyWriting Process Author:Nicolas Godin
“It's better to find a composition through an instrument and to play it and record it because you have something. It's a composition, and the song is good. It lives as a song. The worst is when you have a song and nothing is working well when you produce it. It's not like what you expect in your imagination. It's the worst because it requires a lot of work.” SongImaginationWorstComposition Author:Nicolas Godin
“I think getting stoned has made me buy a lot of bad albums, because when I'm stoned I think everything is amazing.” Thinking Author:Nicolas Godin