“I like to think that location, travel, etc, is a launching point for purely imagining.” Quote by Zach Condon
“It was funny to just take a backseat and be like, 'Wow, I might be in this crazy place, but maybe I don't need to understand everything, maybe I don't need to be someone else.'” NeedsMightCrazyWowBackseat Author:Zach Condon
“The more I know, the more I realise I don't know. And the more I realise I'll never truly understand.” KnowsRealising Author:Zach Condon
“I think that sonically, music speaks volumes more than words do, and I have always thought that and will continue to think that for the rest of my life.” ThinkingSpeakVolumeMusic Speaks Author:Zach Condon
“As much as I try to grow as a lyricist, I tend to laugh at even calling myself that, because I think that my actual talents lie more in arrangements than they do words.” ThinkingTryingLyingGrowsLaughingTalentCallingArrangementsLyricists Author:Zach Condon
“Often when I find myself listening to music, at least 60 to 70% of it is foreign, so I don't understand a word of it. Melody to me will always be a million times more important than words.” ImportantMillionsListeningMelodyListening To Music Author:Zach Condon
“Lyrics are what I tend to tear hair out over and they're where I tend to feel weak musically, if I'm being very honest. It is not something I feel like I know anything about; I would not consider myself a writer. I just want to sing, I just want to sing a melody, I just want to feel a melody, and be part of the song, and everything else is not so important.” IfsKnowsWantFeelsImportantSongHonestTearsHairWeakMelody Author:Zach Condon
“I have tried to write soundtracks, and the main problem with those was that the directors often had in their minds a much stronger sense of what they wanted to hear, than what I was willing to give them, and I guess there was no way to say, "Well why don't you write your scene around my music?" Because that's just cocky and awful.” WayGivingWritingMindWellsProblemWantedWillingSceneDirectorsMusic IsStrongerAwfulCockySoundtracks Author:Zach Condon
“I do feel like my music, in some weird way, is probably better suited for cinema than for anything else - I can't really explain, other than I think that music has been mostly inspired often by soundtracks.” ThinkingWayFeelsHas BeensI CanInspiredCinemaSoundtracks Author:Zach Condon
“You always know when a real inspiration is behind the melody, arrangements, even lyrics. And I know that's really vague, but it's true.” KnowsRealInspirationBehindsMelodyArrangementsVague Author:Zach Condon
“The long term sustainable growth in job creation comes from the private sector. It is important that the Obama administration partner with the private sector and come up with the best possible ideas for creating jobs.” LongImportantIdeasJobsGrowthTermCreationCreatingCome UpPartnersAdministrationLong TermPrivate SectorJob CreationCreating Jobs Author:Valerie Jarrett