Ariel Rechtshaid Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I have a hard time repeating myself.

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

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