You know, I grew up very self-taught.
FINNEASWhen I started, I felt that there was this incredible amount of doubt of my ability as a producer.
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I always wanted to be on tour or making albums.
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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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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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In my perfect world, I get to be a professional musician and still go to Trader Joe’s.
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I am not a very superstitious person, but I do believe in mental preparation.
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I don’t really have any interest in recording at places that are institutionalized for recording.
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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’m a bad guitar tuner. I have to pay somebody to tune my guitars.
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I don’t think if you set out to make an album to get a bunch of Grammy nominations… you just have to set out to make an album you’ll really love.
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I love pop songs so much and I don’t put a ton of pressure on myself as a solo artist to always write the most commercial feeling thing, I just want to write things I would love to listen to.
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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 usually don’t like to annoy people in asking to work with them.
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When I started, I felt that there was this incredible amount of doubt of my ability as a producer.
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I came to NAMM once and saw this guitar that self-tuned, and I thought, ‘Wow, this is the future!’ And I’ve never seen it again.
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Well, predominately, if I’m writing for another artist, I’m sitting there with them and we’re writing it together.
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There’s always a better word than a swear word.
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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 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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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.’
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Usually, I get bored of my stuff almost immediately.
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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.
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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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It’s always important to be checking in with people you love.
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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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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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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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