--- title: "10 Ifs Quotes By Zach Condon" description: "10 Ifs quotes by Zach Condon. Plus more from Zach Condon and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/zach-condon-10283_ifs_i-put-myself-in-the-studio-and-i-really_2647068.jpg" --- > [I put myself in the studio and I really made sure to say, 'Well, if I would normally reach for a trumpet,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/i-put-myself-in-the-studio-and-i-really-made-sure-to-say-well-if-i/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-condon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/zach-condon-10283_ifs_i-put-myself-in-the-studio-and-i-really_2647068.jpg) > [I just reached the point where I realised, I need to stop repeating myself if I'm ever actually going to enjoy the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/i-just-reached-the-point-where-i-realised-i-need-to-stop-repeating/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-condon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdf/zach-condon-10283_creating_i-just-reached-the-point-where-i-realise_497209.jpg) > [I could probably spend the next five years reworking an album from ten years ago, if given the chance, to make it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/i-could-probably-spend-the-next-five-years-reworking-an-album-from/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-condon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/949/zach-condon-10283_albums_i-could-probably-spend-the-next-five-yea_1162035.jpg) > [I think, if I had my choice, I would spend all my time in the studio writing, and creating music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/i-think-if-i-had-my-choice-i-would-spend-all-my-time-in-the-studio/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-condon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9e/zach-condon-10283_choice_i-think-if-i-had-my-choice-i-would-spend_8082.jpg) > [I try to shut my brain down as much as possible. And let the melodies flow, if possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/i-try-to-shut-my-brain-down-as-much-as-possible-and-let-the-melodies/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-condon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54f/zach-condon-10283_brain_i-try-to-shut-my-brain-down-as-much-as-p_2826869.jpg) > [My thought with harmonies and melodies in general, is that if it doesn't come right away then it's never going to come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/my-thought-with-harmonies-and-melodies-in-general-is-that-if-it-doesn/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-condon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f0/zach-condon-10283_harmonies_my-thought-with-harmonies-and-melodies-i_2779849.jpg) > [I'm very flash and burn - the first thing that comes to mind is obviously the best idea, and that's because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/i-m-very-flash-and-burn-the-first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-is/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-condon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/413/zach-condon-10283_firsts_i-m-very-flash-and-burn-the-first-thing_150164.jpg) > [There is a beauty to touring - to be honest, there's a way that music connects and you really feel the actual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/there-is-a-beauty-to-touring-to-be-honest-there-s-a-way-that-music/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-condon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db8/zach-condon-10283_beauty_there-is-a-beauty-to-touring-to-be-hones_3018370.jpg) > [If every element of the song doesn't come within the first hour of writing, then you're never going to get it -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/if-every-element-of-the-song-doesn-t-come-within-the-first-hour-of/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-condon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aba/zach-condon-10283_elements_if-every-element-of-the-song-doesn-t-com_2852463.jpg) > [Lyrics are what I tend to tear hair out over and they're where I tend to feel weak musically, if I'm being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/lyrics-are-what-i-tend-to-tear-hair-out-over-and-they-re-where-i-tend/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-condon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/zach-condon-10283_feels_lyrics-are-what-i-tend-to-tear-hair-out_1460428.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Zach Condon > [I think, if I had my choice, I would spend all my time in the studio writing, and creating music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/i-think-if-i-had-my-choice-i-would-spend-all-my-time-in-the-studio/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/i-think-that-there-s-a-proliferation-of-music-that-is-done-entirely/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-condon/) > [I was always looking outside of myself for stories and ideas and influences and then I kind of realized in 2010, that all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/i-was-always-looking-outside-of-myself-for-stories-and-ideas-and/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/i-think-that-within-the-world-of-music-that-we-work-in-which-is-so/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-condon/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/i-m-very-flash-and-burn-the-first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-is/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-condon/) > [I like to think that location, travel, etc, is a launching point for purely imagining.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/i-like-to-think-that-location-travel-etc-is-a-launching-point-for/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/in-some-ways-i-feel-like-i-ve-been-such-a-dilettante-for-so-many/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/i-spent-my-entire-life-working-with-the-smallest-budget-i-could-get/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-condon/) > [Raucous drunken trumpets and instrumentation tend to guide the way you think. They can give you a path to follow lyrically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/raucous-drunken-trumpets-and-instrumentation-tend-to-guide-the-way/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/after-so-many-years-of-whispery-diy-vocals-there-s-this-new/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/i-was-a-very-good-student-until-about-sophomore-year-and-that-s-when/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/i-just-reached-the-point-where-i-realised-i-need-to-stop-repeating/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/i-m-not-an-amazing-trumpet-player-it-s-mostly-smoke-and-mirrors-you/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/i-think-it-s-become-much-harder-because-i-m-more-afraid-of-every-step/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/i-have-tried-to-write-soundtracks-and-the-main-problem-with-those-was/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-condon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/zach-condon/#itemlist", "name": "10 Ifs Quotes By Zach Condon", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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?'", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Zach Condon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/i-put-myself-in-the-studio-and-i-really-made-sure-to-say-well-if-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/zach-condon-10283_ifs_i-put-myself-in-the-studio-and-i-really_2647068.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/zach-condon-10283_ifs_i-put-myself-in-the-studio-and-i-really_2647068.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/zach-condon-10283_ifs_i-put-myself-in-the-studio-and-i-really_2647068.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I put myself in the studio and I really made sure to say, 'Well, if I would normally reach for a trumpet…” — Zach Condon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Zach Condon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/i-just-reached-the-point-where-i-realised-i-need-to-stop-repeating/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdf/zach-condon-10283_creating_i-just-reached-the-point-where-i-realise_497209.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdf/zach-condon-10283_creating_i-just-reached-the-point-where-i-realise_497209.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdf/zach-condon-10283_creating_i-just-reached-the-point-where-i-realise_497209.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I just reached the point where I realised, I need to stop repeating myself if I'm ever actually going to…” — Zach Condon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I could probably spend the next five years reworking an album from ten years ago, if given the chance, to make it better - 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It is not something I feel like I know anything about; I would not consider myself a writer. 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