You go to a truck stop and there are key chains with names on them, and there’s no Finneas. There’s no Billie. They’re little things, but as a kid, you just feel weirdly ostracized.
FINNEASWhat I really didn’t want to do is work with other people and have them go, ‘Oh, Finneas just does that sound for everybody.’ The Billie sound is only Billie – I’ll only do that for her.
More Finneas Quotes
-
-
I stopped telling people what lyrics meant to them when I saw them tattoo it on them, because it clearly meant much more to them than it ever did to me.
FINNEAS -
I’ve learned a lot from my mom and my dad. I learn a lot every time I watch Billie perform.
FINNEAS -
To be honest, I’ve found so many more friends in the music industry than people I disagree with. I certainly haven’t been made to feel like an outsider.
FINNEAS -
I don’t particularly like recording studios, they tend to be lifeless and without any natural light, so I wanted to record wherever we lived. We just don’t want to be bound to a studio to who we’d have to pay untold sums to.
FINNEAS -
All my favorite songs ever are love songs. Probably topped by ‘The Luckiest’ by Ben Folds.
FINNEAS -
Working on TV shows was fun, but I felt crazy pressured and stressed.
FINNEAS -
I really value just being able to go out and grab a coffee or going to a movie and not have anyone recognize me.
FINNEAS -
What I really didn’t want to do is work with other people and have them go, ‘Oh, Finneas just does that sound for everybody.’ The Billie sound is only Billie – I’ll only do that for her.
FINNEAS -
When we are making a song for Billie I want it to resonate and speak the truth with her and want it to be a piece of fabric she can wear.
FINNEAS -
As soon as you make anything that people like, you get all these new artists hitting you up like ‘I want to sound just like Billie Eilish.’ And I’m always like, ‘Absolutely not.’
FINNEAS -
I mainly try to foster long-term collaborative relationships.
FINNEAS -
Definitely for me and my sister, wherever we are the most comfortable is where the best music’s going to be made.
FINNEAS -
Well, predominately, if I’m writing for another artist, I’m sitting there with them and we’re writing it together.
FINNEAS -
Everybody has different taste and everyone’s favourite song is different and that’s great.
FINNEAS -
I feel like the thing that I’ve learned a lot is when you’re involved in something, you don’t always get to appreciate it for what it is as much. You’re focused on the details and how you can make it better. It’s kind of torture.
FINNEAS