Everybody has different taste and everyone’s favourite song is different and that’s great.
FINNEASYou know, I grew up very self-taught.
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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 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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I don’t really have any interest in recording at places that are institutionalized for recording.
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The excuse of having a dog is great, because before I had a dog, I wouldn’t be like, ‘I need to go hike for two hours’; my girlfriend would have been like, ‘What are you doing?’ Now I take the dog, and she comes with me.
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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 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 think if you’re not trying to change things a little bit, you’re not evolving.
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I never get tired of writing about 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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All my favorite songs ever are love songs. Probably topped by ‘The Luckiest’ by Ben Folds.
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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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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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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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If you need to record live instruments, especially drums, it’s still best to do it in a studio.
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Usually, I get bored of my stuff almost immediately.
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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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We wrote and recorded the ‘Bond’ song on a tour bus in Texas.
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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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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 mainly try to foster long-term collaborative relationships.
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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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When I wrote ‘When the Party’s Over,’ it had a universal quality.
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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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Love has always been the most important thing to me and the thing by which my life is guided.
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I idolize my kid sister, so I get it. I understand why other people do too.
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