Zaytoven Quotes

I'm not really gonna stop. We've got so much stuff to do, so many songs we talked about, so many things to record.

Tom would bring in songs, Mike would engineer, and we recorded about 30 songs.

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.

If I ever do meet John Mayer and we end up in the studio, hopefully he'll bring the guitar, and I'll make a beat to it or something.

Larry only ever wrote one song, and he wrote that with Tony Kaye, I think it was, from Yes.

I write by myself and then deliver the song. Everybody knows, 'Leave Ester alone when she's in her zone.' Give me a studio and the tracks, and I'll call you when the doctor is done.

They're mostly done before we went into the studio, although I do like writing in the studio.

When I get in the studio the idea is just to work and bang out as many as I can.

Once I got a record contract, and I took my songs which weren't quite finished, or maybe they were a good idea, maybe they weren't. I took them into the studio and developed them. They came to life and they evolved... and they're great.

I had to go into a studio and compose and write and press up 12 songs in 14 hours. When you're recording a song from scratch it takes you 14 hours to do just one song.

I have a lot of songs, and I'd love to do some more recording with the band.

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.

That's one of the reason T-Bone Burnett calls me... he thinks I'm used to doing what I do in the studio for him.

You can see how different artists work, from writing to recording, just from being in the studio environment with them.

Whenever I go into the studio, I'm like, 'Guys, we're probably not going to get an uptempo out of this!'

With me and YG, he could rap a hook, and I could make a beat around it. Ten minutes, we done.

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

I did a track with Khao, out of Atlanta, who's worked with T.I. Did a track with Maylay, who did a lot with John Legend's album. I got in the studio with Kanye West; we did a song. The dedication for the career takes a lot of work, but if you love it, it's worth it.

I will never, never ever sing on stage, but when I'm in the studio, I do sing melody lines. When I'm working with singer-songwriters, and I hear melodies, I can guide them. I will be like, 'Oh no, do this this this.' But you will never hear my voice on a Martin Garrix track.

Working with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis was crazy.

We've been having a great time writing for other artists in and amongst making our Bastille albums and mixtapes.

I've worked with incredible producers in the past, but when me and El-P got in a room, there was no way I was going to let off his head because not only was he one of the greatest producers I heard, he was one of the illest rappers I had ever heard.

Well, Sean Paul we've always wanted to work with.

And I had such a great working experience with Paul during the 'RAM' album.

We're always in the studio pretty much, either at home or on the road, trying to come up with new ideas and stuff.