--- title: "10 Way Quotes By Zach Condon" description: "10 Way quotes by Zach Condon. Plus more from Zach Condon and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cb/zach-condon-10283_giving_raucous-drunken-trumpets-and-instrumenta_372030.jpg" --- > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cb/zach-condon-10283_giving_raucous-drunken-trumpets-and-instrumenta_372030.jpg) > [In some ways, I feel like I've been such a dilettante for so many years, just picking up instruments and stretching myself…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/zach-condon-10283_dilettantes_in-some-ways-i-feel-like-i-ve-been-such_170603.jpg) > [I do feel like my music, in some weird way, is probably better suited for cinema than for anything else - I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/i-do-feel-like-my-music-in-some-weird-way-is-probably-better-suited/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-condon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e29/zach-condon-10283_cinema_i-do-feel-like-my-music-in-some-weird-wa_2388978.jpg) > [I'm not an amazing trumpet player. It's mostly smoke and mirrors. You shake the trumpet and it starts to vibrate in a…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b6/zach-condon-10283_mirrors_i-m-not-an-amazing-trumpet-player-it-s-m_498971.jpg) > [The way Jacques Brel writes a story, getting into the character, bringing out all his faults and qualities in the same song……](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/the-way-jacques-brel-writes-a-story-getting-into-the-character/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-condon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/970/zach-condon-10283_character_the-way-jacques-brel-writes-a-story-gett_970870.jpg) > [It's funny because you do often read in recounts of very famous albums, people tend to focus on mistakes in really positive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/it-s-funny-because-you-do-often-read-in-recounts-of-very-famous/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-condon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34a/zach-condon-10283_accepting_it-s-funny-because-you-do-often-read-in_1979703.jpg) > [I think that there's a proliferation of music that is done entirely in the bedroom for an Internet audience, but there's no…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07e/zach-condon-10283_audience_i-think-that-there-s-a-proliferation-of_91559.jpg) > [I'd been living out of a suitcase since I was 17 years old, and it just got to the point where it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zach-condon/i-d-been-living-out-of-a-suitcase-since-i-was-17-years-old-and-it/) [Zach Condon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zach-condon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f9/zach-condon-10283_consistently_i-d-been-living-out-of-a-suitcase-since_2875269.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) > [I have tried to write soundtracks, and the main problem with those was that the directors often had in their minds a…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c1/zach-condon-10283_awful_i-have-tried-to-write-soundtracks-and-th_627907.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/zach-condon/#itemlist", "name": "10 Way Quotes By Zach Condon", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Raucous drunken trumpets and instrumentation tend to guide the way you think. 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I find it really interesting to talk about. 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