The people I choose to work with, I work with because I'm already impressed with them.

- Jon Brion

It was so much fun conducting an orchestra and watching the musicians' faces as some of Kanye's lyrics went by. They couldn't believe what was going …

- Jon Brion

Music looks very formidable to people outside of it and it looks like it's this realm of spooky genius.

- Jon Brion

If you're recording the song on your four-track in your kitchen, when you finished writing the song, you're recording, and it's cool, and honor that.…

- Jon Brion

Brian Eno developed systems to keep himself on edge and to keep himself in a position where he's generating ideas.

- Jon Brion

[Brion calls his working relationship with West a natural fit.] His knowledge and understanding of records across the board is great, ... That's the …

- Jon Brion

I get to be a musician with my life, so it doesn't even matter if I'm good in it. It means at the very least, I'm pulling the wool over everyone's ey…

- Jon Brion

The only thing you really have to practice is your ability. And this is something I do all the time. I try to teach my hand to do what I'm hearing in…

- Jon Brion

Things begin, things decay, and you've got to find a way to be okay.

- Jon Brion