Rico Nasty Quotes

I like messing around, and I like working with artists who I respect.

The studio is really fun because I don't make it into the studio unless I've got something I really like. I love working with different musicians in the studio; that's a real joy, working with someone for the first time.

To me, being in the studio is one of the most exciting parts about being an artist.

Being in a studio is quite a creative and energetic process.

That is the most important thing to me, what happens behind the closed doors in the studio and makes me an artist.

When I go in the studio with Post, I have a really good idea of what he's going to gravitate to, what we can work with.

I enjoyed so much working with the guys from Wilco, and riffing off of them, and having someone come up to me with ideas, because normally in the studio it's me who has to come up with all the ideas.

From an artist's point of view, I always want to work with the writers I admire.

I love working with different musicians in the studio, that's a real joy working with someone for the first time.

I'm so hard on myself that when I'm in the studio, I'll write 10 songs and only use one. So those nine songs that are left over, I always think, 'Where could these go? Who could they be for?'

I wouldn't do the music thing if it weren't for my brother, who's a producer. He understands me and helps my vision come to life.

My influences change all the time; they have to remain current, because they're the things that capture your imagination and make you want to go into the studio.

I enjoy the collaboration. I always envied people in bands who got to have that interaction. I've done so many albums where I've been in the studio for 14 hours a day for six months just trying to come up with things on my own. It's a nice change helping other people with their music and not being all about what I'm trying to do myself.

It doesn't matter if they're famous or not - I just want to meet other creative people who can maybe bring something different to the studio than what I have. I think that's the most important thing for me.

I'm never happier than when I'm being creative, whether that's with Coldplay or other artists. I just love being in the studio.

I'm very, very open to experimenting with different people and trying to find different methods of writing and making music.

I'm a producer. I'm a musician. And my job is to come in and, you know, put - you know, I treat all of the artists that I work with, like, you know, the way da Vinci was looking at Mona Lisa, you know, there's an interesting backdrop.

I think it's all about making records when you're inspired to make them.

I feel really relevant and creative, and I don't think I would've made an album if I didn't feel relevant. I wouldn't have said a word.

I'm getting in the studio with everybody I've always wanted to work with. That's the amazing thing.

I stay in the studio diligently. I'm always trying to create.

When I'm in the studio with a writer, I don't mind for them to take the lead and show me something new.

We go into the studio with the mindset of simply wanting to make something great.

I've done so many albums where I've been in the studio for 14 hours a day for six months just trying to come up with things on my own. It's a nice change helping other people with their music and not being all about what I'm trying to do myself.

The images [of The Kite Runner grafic] were created in Fabio Celoni's mind. I chose to let him take the lead. Fabio and I did exchange an e-mail or two, but it was my intention to step out of the way and let his artistic instincts take over.