It was so much fun conducting an orchestra and watching the musicians' faces as some of Kanye's lyrics went by. They couldn't believe what was going on. — Jon Brion Copy Share Image
I get to be a musician with my life, so it doesn't even matter if I'm good in it. It means at the very least, I'm pulling the wool over everyone's eyes consistently enough. And I put food on the… — Jon Brion Copy Share Image
If we're given a number of circumstances to deal with, the brain goes into this mode of trying to find a solution, and it's… — Jon Brion Copy Share Image
I'd like to think that most of what I do is self-evident if you're listening to it or seeing it. But I don't mind… — Jon Brion Copy Share Image
The people I choose to work with, I work with because I'm already impressed with them. — Jon Brion Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned, any work you get is because people have heard other work you've done. — Jon Brion Copy Share Image
Music looks very formidable to people outside of it and it looks like it's this realm of spooky genius. — Jon Brion Copy Share Image
If you're recording the song on your four-track in your kitchen, when you finished writing the song, you're recording, and it's cool, and honor… — Jon Brion Copy Share Image
The only thing you really have to practice is your ability. And this is something I do all the time. I try to teach… — Jon Brion Copy Share Image
Some people are more fluid than others at just being themselves and recognizing what's good about themselves. — Jon Brion Copy Share Image
People's association with improvisation means one person playing an endless stream of notes over something, and it doesn't have to be. — Jon Brion Copy Share Image
I've made a point of not being, say what I refer to as a 'careerist' about anything. — Jon Brion Copy Share Image
There are a lot of producers who basically have their sound, and if the artist works with them, you almost know what the record's… — Jon Brion Copy Share Image
