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.
FINNEASIn my perfect world, I get to be a professional musician and still go to Trader Joe’s.
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You know, I grew up very self-taught.
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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 have always loved Ben Folds, he’s like an idol of mine, a hero of mine.
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I idolize my kid sister, so I get it. I understand why other people do too.
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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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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 don’t really have any interest in recording at places that are institutionalized for recording.
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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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Working on TV shows was fun, but I felt crazy pressured and stressed.
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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’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 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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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.
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Everybody has different taste and everyone’s favourite song is different and that’s great.
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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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