Obviously I’m very grateful ‘Bad Guy’ is doing so well – it’s shocking and surprising and gratifying – but I do think it’s important to try to make the next song that people are gonna be excited about.
FINNEASDefinitely for me and my sister, wherever we are the most comfortable is where the best music’s going to be made.
More Finneas Quotes
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I’m not a control freak in that like I boss everybody around, but like a control freak and like, I like knowing exactly what I get to do that day and having a say.
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Our mom cooks well, and we cook poorly. We try.
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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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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.
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I idolize my kid sister, so I get it. I understand why other people do too.
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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 really always wanted to be an adult. I didn’t really like being an adolescent at all.
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My dreams as a kid were so far below the Grammys, like, maybe selling out a show, or, like, seeing your album on a shelf in an Urban Outfitters… and the Grammys are so far above that. It’s very ridiculous.
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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.
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In my perfect world, I get to be a professional musician and still go to Trader Joe’s.
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I just have no interest in being at a party.
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I think it’s really easy to be the altruistic hero of your own narrative and story.
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Everybody has different taste and everyone’s favourite song is different and that’s great.
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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.
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I don’t really have any interest in recording at places that are institutionalized for recording.
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It’s important to recognize when a song remains important to you.
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We wrote and recorded the ‘Bond’ song on a tour bus in Texas.
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Working on TV shows was fun, but I felt crazy pressured and stressed.
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For me, I’m going to try to make my favorite song over the most popular song.
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I never get tired of writing about love.
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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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There’s always a better word than a swear word.
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The music that I listened to when I was growing up was the most important to me forever.
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Kids have tools to do what I’m doing.
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It’s always important to be checking in with people you love.
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Love has always been the most important thing to me and the thing by which my life is guided.
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