“I think, if I had my choice, I would spend all my time in the studio writing, and creating music.” Quote by Zach Condon
“There is a beauty to touring - to be honest, there's a way that music connects and you really feel the actual reaction of people to the music that you're making, and I feel like if I didn't do that I just wouldn't know, and I don't think my music would be the same.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayFeelsWould BeHonestReactionsBeing HonestTouring Author:Zach Condon
“I think that there's a proliferation of music that is done entirely in the bedroom for an Internet audience, but there's no way in hell that you could actually kill off a live show, and its importance in the creation of music - it's just impossible.” ThinkingWayDoneShowsAudienceHellImpossibleCreationInternetImportanceBedroomProliferation Author:Zach Condon
“I just reached the point where I realised, I need to stop repeating myself if I'm ever actually going to enjoy the music I'm creating.” IfsNeedsEnjoyCreatingRealised Author:Zach Condon
“I think it's become much harder because I'm more afraid of every step I take. I'm more aware of its ramifications, I'm more aware of the less creative aspects of music - like the business-side of things for example.” ThinkingSidesStepsCreativeExampleAspectHarderEvery StepRamifications Author:Zach Condon
“I became very aware of what I was used to relying on, almost tricks. It's funny because I could feel myself creating a formula and sticking with it and I just told myself, 'That's not me, that's not really how I am, god forbid I have developed a formula - it's music; songwriting.' It's heretic, honestly, in the church of music, so I had to unwind a few tricks in order to get past it.” FeelsPastUsedOrderChurchCreatingHonestlyTricksSongwritingFormulasHereticUnwind Author:Zach Condon
“I put myself in the studio and I really made sure to say, 'Well, if I would normally reach for a trumpet, why don't I reach for the next nearest instrument instead?'” IfsWellsMadeNextInstrumentsStudiosTrumpets Author:Zach Condon
“I think that within the world of music that we work in, which is so not perfect, I think that you really do have to learn to accept your own mistakes as part of the beauty of music itself.” ThinkingWorldPerfectMistakeAcceptingNot Perfect Author:Zach Condon
“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
“It's funny because you do often read in recounts of very famous albums, people tend to focus on mistakes in really positive ways, and there's certain mistakes of my own that I always do find on every record that I needed to accept. I find it really interesting to talk about. I always write songs at the wrong tempos, and I have to learn to accept that a little bit.” PeopleWayWritingLittlesCertainSongBitsMy OwnInterestingMistakeAcceptingRecordsFocusNeededLittle BitAlbumsReally InterestingTempoVery FamousReally Positive Author:Zach Condon
“My thought with harmonies and melodies in general, is that if it doesn't come right away then it's never going to come at all.” IfsHarmonyMelodyMy Thoughts Author:Zach Condon