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.
FINNEASWe were a very crunchy, sort of hippie-dippy family.
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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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I feel like a lot of music producers have, like, the same toolbox. And I think, like, to me, as a producer, like, I want something to set my stuff apart.
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I am just fascinated by music and I want to know how to identify all the things I love about it; to me music theory is like learning another language and then being able to explain how much you love something more clearly.
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I feel like you’re able to be your most creative in private environments, and not a studio where an A&R person is coming in, telling us a song isn’t a smash.
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I have always loved Ben Folds, he’s like an idol of mine, a hero of mine.
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Imagine if somebody was like, ‘Who’s the next Timothee Chalamet?’ It’s like, he’s currently Timothee Chalamet.
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I think we’re always looking for ways to inject a sense of humor into our music.
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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.
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When I wrote ‘When the Party’s Over,’ it had a universal quality.
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All my favorite songs ever are love songs. Probably topped by ‘The Luckiest’ by Ben Folds.
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People don’t come to see a Billie Eilish show to come to see me. They come to see her. So I just try not to screw up too much on my instruments.
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I’ve learned a lot from my mom and my dad. I learn a lot every time I watch Billie perform.
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If you’re paying attention and you’ve been a good listener, you learn every day.
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I really value just being able to go out and grab a coffee or going to a movie and not have anyone recognize me.
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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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