Ariel Rechtshaid

If the chemistry between me and the artist is good, then that's half the battle.

— Ariel Rechtshaid

I just think that with music, it's kind of like life, and so the people you work with, you generally develop a…

— Ariel Rechtshaid

It was very punk rock for me to take a stab at working with Justin Bieber. I don't know how people portray…

— Ariel Rechtshaid

I like to find an artist who inspires me and get into their world and challenge them.

— Ariel Rechtshaid

The best bands kept making records and had this evolution, where by the end, by their commercial phase or sellout phase, the…

— Ariel Rechtshaid

Im still an idealist. My manager is always trying to talk me out of it, but thats just the way I am.

— Ariel Rechtshaid

The goal is to make something that sounds new and different.

— Ariel Rechtshaid

I try not to become friends with musicians, but life happens and dinner happens and going out happens - it becomes interwoven…

— Ariel Rechtshaid

Hip-hop has never had boundaries - the more adventurous it is, the more popular it seems to be.

— Ariel Rechtshaid

I was never in the business of trying to put my name out there - I was really focused on music and…

— Ariel Rechtshaid

It's been said to me that I'm self-destructive because I'll walk away from things that are good.

— Ariel Rechtshaid

I've always had this impression that notoriety came when you're trying to get notoriety.

— Ariel Rechtshaid

I'm still an idealist. My manager is always trying to talk me out of it, but that's just the way I am.

— Ariel Rechtshaid

I realized I liked being in the studio and working on translating the ideas into recordings.

— Ariel Rechtshaid

I was a snot-nosed teenage skater at one point, who listened to only punk records and hung around people that had that…

— Ariel Rechtshaid

I have a hard time repeating myself.

— Ariel Rechtshaid

I have the utmost respect for synthesizers - Soft Cell, early Depeche Mode. But that's become a cliche for the '80s.

— Ariel Rechtshaid

I would rather fall flat on my face than try to just make a quick dollar by making music that fits into…

— Ariel Rechtshaid

I think something I've been drawn to about the people I work with is that they seem to be - like me…

— Ariel Rechtshaid