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

- Ariel Rechtshaid

I have a hard time repeating myself.

- Ariel Rechtshaid

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.

- Ariel Rechtshaid

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

- 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 was a snot-nosed teenage skater at one point, who listened to only punk records and hung around people that had that idea of what is okay to do and…

- Ariel Rechtshaid

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

- Ariel Rechtshaid

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

- Ariel Rechtshaid