You always know when a real inspiration is behind the melody, arrangements, even lyrics. And I know that's really vague, but it's… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
My dad is obsessed with music, so I was raised around this guitar player that really wanted me to be a guitar… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
I tend to hear rhythm and melody, chord-progressions, long before I hear words. — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
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 Image
I spent my entire life working with the smallest budget I could get. Just working with old, junky, donated equipment. The only… — 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'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
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
Lyrics are what I tend to tear hair out over and they're where I tend to feel weak musically, if I'm being… — 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
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
My dad is obsessed with music, so I was raised around this guitar player that really wanted me to be a guitar… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
I want a song that raises the hair on the back of my neck when I sing it live and I want… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I like to think that location, travel, etc, is a launching point for purely imagining. — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
