You know, I grew up very self-taught.
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
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It’s always important to be checking in with people you love.
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A lot of the time, in pop music especially, there’s reverb. And the reason is that reverb makes vocals sound better 99% of the time. It makes the notes ring out.
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The way that we tried to approach every piece of music is, if the song had a brain, it would be aware of its catalog.
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I was on a TV show called ‘Glee.’ I mean, I was on the real tail end of that show; it was already way past its peak. But still, for me aged 17 landing something like that was a big deal.
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I always wanted to be on tour or making albums.
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Usually, I get bored of my stuff almost immediately.
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I never get tired of writing about love.
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You know, that’s kind of always been our philosophy: not letting the place that we are get in the way of making great music.
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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.
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Everybody has different taste and everyone’s favourite song is different and that’s great.
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If I have experienced something in my life, it’s probably going to be written about, and I don’t particularly care if the person I’m writing about wants to be written about.
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We were a very crunchy, sort of hippie-dippy family.
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The amount of times I’ve been told something by artists I’m working with, which I’m sure they haven’t told even their significant other or families, is shocking.
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I don’t analyze songs because I think it will make me a better songwriter, I just do it out of sheer curiosity.
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People were like, ‘he’s collaborating with Taylor Swift’ and I was like, ‘I am?’ I think she’s wonderful. Her songwriting has inspired me for years.
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