“I would rather fall flat on my face than try to just make a quick doll...” — Ariel Rechtshaid Quote

“I would rather fall flat on my face than try to just make a quick dollar by making music that fits into the radio format right now. It does nothing for me.”

“The best bands kept making records and had this evolution, where by the end, by their commercial phase or sellout phase, the records are from outer space.”

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

“Investors like to hear that you're in a multi-billion dollar market.”

“Unless its Michelin-starred food, people wont pay top dollar for top food so its hard to do good old-fashioned French cooking and get people to pay for it.”

“I grew up with nothing, so every dollar had value.”