“I could probably spend the next five years reworking an album from ten years ago, if given the chance, to make it better - make it best, so to speak.” IfsYearsNextSpeakGivenChanceFiveTenYears AgoAlbumsFive Years Author:Zach Condon
“I'd been living out of a suitcase since I was 17 years old, and it just got to the point where it was ridiculous. Besides, it was really hurting everything I was trying to do in music; to feel so consistently homeless was no way to endure touring and stress.” WayFeelsTryingYearsHurtStressEndureRidiculousConsistentlyHomelessTouringSuitcases Author:Zach Condon
“In some ways, I feel like I've been such a dilettante for so many years, just picking up instruments and stretching myself so thin.” WayFeelsYearsInstrumentsStretchingDilettantes Author:Zach Condon
“After so many years of whispery, DIY vocals, there's this new generation of voices that are really starting to burst through the seams.” YearsVoiceGenerationsStartingVocalNew GenerationDiy Author:Zach Condon
“I was a very good student until about sophomore year, and that's when I just became so disillusioned with the whole thing that I just became an awful student. I was still making good grades. But I was cutting class three days a week and faking papers that I got off the internet.” YearsStillsWholeThreeClassCuttingWeekStudentsInternetPaperVery GoodAwfulGradesPapersDisillusionedSophomoreGood StudentsGood GradesSophomore Year Author:Zach Condon
“I'm not an amazing trumpet player. It's mostly smoke and mirrors. You shake the trumpet and it starts to vibrate in a ridiculous drunken way, or you flop notes at the right time and you don't have to play stuff that would take seven years to learn.” WayYearsPlayStuffPlayerMirrorsNotesSevenRidiculousSmokeShakesRight TimeSeven YearsTrumpetsVibrateSmoke And Mirrors Author:Zach Condon