I think, if I had my choice, I would spend all my time in the studio writing, and creating music. — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
I mean the reason that I started writing close to home, "Santa Fe," et cetera, was a kind of looking back on… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
I have tried to write soundtracks, and the main problem with those was that the directors often had in their minds a… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
I think I spent more time on the mellotron than on any other instrument in the studio, and it got to the… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
I'm writing songs about New York. A lot of them carry the names of neighborhoods in Long Island. Maspeth, Montauk. I'm getting… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
I write one step at a time, always finishing off the part I'm working on before even thinking about the next part.… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
If every element of the song doesn't come within the first hour of writing, then you're never going to get it -… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
I tried to go to community college for a while, and it's a funny story. I walked into the English class on… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
It's funny because you do often read in recounts of very famous albums, people tend to focus on mistakes in really positive… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
I didn't realize how different our band's senses of melody actually were. I would write a part that just made perfect sense… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
I'm very flash and burn - the first thing that comes to mind is obviously the best idea, and that's because it… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
I released that side of things really as kind of an introduction to where I came from musically, back in the day… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
The way Jacques Brel writes a story, getting into the character, bringing out all his faults and qualities in the same song…… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
I think, if I had my choice, I would spend all my time in the studio writing, and creating music. — Zach Condon Copy Share
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… — Zach Condon Copy Share
I was always looking outside of myself for stories and ideas and influences and then I kind of realized in 2010, that all of… — Zach Condon Copy Share
I think that within the world of music that we work in, which is so not perfect, I think that you really do have… — Zach Condon Copy Share
I'm very flash and burn - the first thing that comes to mind is obviously the best idea, and that's because it should come… — Zach Condon Copy Share
I like to think that location, travel, etc, is a launching point for purely imagining. — Zach Condon Copy Share
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. — Zach Condon Copy Share
I spent my entire life working with the smallest budget I could get. Just working with old, junky, donated equipment. The only things I… — Zach Condon Copy Share
Raucous drunken trumpets and instrumentation tend to guide the way you think. They can give you a path to follow lyrically. — Zach Condon Copy Share
After so many years of whispery, DIY vocals, there's this new generation of voices that are really starting to burst through the seams. — Zach Condon Copy Share
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… — Zach Condon Copy Share
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… — Zach Condon Copy Share
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… — Zach Condon Copy Share
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… — Zach Condon Copy Share
I have tried to write soundtracks, and the main problem with those was that the directors often had in their minds a much stronger… — Zach Condon Copy Share
