“When I came back to America, I realized that world music is no joke, it really has a lot to it.” Quote by 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
“Raucous drunken trumpets and instrumentation tend to guide the way you think. They can give you a path to follow lyrically.” ThinkingWayGivingPathGuidesTrumpetsInstrumentation Author:Zach Condon
“I'm writing songs about New York. A lot of them carry the names of neighborhoods in Long Island. Maspeth, Montauk. I'm getting into the idea of a F. Scott Fitzgerald-esque Long Island back when New York was...New York.” WritingLongIdeasSongNamesNew YorkIslandsNeighborhoodWriting SongsBack WhenLong IslandScott FitzgeraldMontauk Author:Zach Condon
“It's a natural tendency of mine to not even listen to lyrics.” NaturalMinesTendencies Author:Zach Condon
“I spent my entire life working with the smallest budget I could get. Just working with old, junky, donated equipment. The only things I bought myself were the trumpet and the $9 ukulele.” BudgetsSmallestEquipmentTrumpetsUkulele Author:Zach Condon
“How many records you sell really does not matter. It's whatever you give.” GivingDoeMatterRecordsSells Author:Patrick Wolf
“I became slightly disillusioned, but in a really good way that enabled me to realize that the music was the most important thing, and that the rest of it is total bullshit.” WayImportantRealizingImportant ThingsBullshitGood WayDisillusioned Author:Patrick Wolf
“When you're 18 and you've made the album of your dreams, you're not really thinking about the machinery that will actually take it to the public. You just think: "I've done the best thing that I could ever do and this is the most magic moment for me."” ThinkingMadeDoneMomentsDreamMagicAlbumsBest ThingsYour DreamsMachineryMagic Moments Author:Patrick Wolf
“I finally realized that so much of the music world is about how much money you've got, how much you can pay to make your record successful.” WorldPaySuccessfulRecords Author:Patrick Wolf