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.
FINNEASThe music that I listened to when I was growing up was the most important to me forever.
More Finneas Quotes
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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’ve learned a lot from my mom and my dad. I learn a lot every time I watch Billie perform.
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When I wrote ‘When the Party’s Over,’ it had a universal quality.
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If you’re paying attention and you’ve been a good listener, you learn every day.
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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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When I started, I felt that there was this incredible amount of doubt of my ability as a producer.
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The way that we tried to approach every piece of music is, if the song had a brain, it would be aware of its catalog.
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I always wanted to be on tour or making albums.
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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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Everybody has different taste and everyone’s favourite song is different and that’s great.
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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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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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Love has always been the most important thing to me and the thing by which my life is guided.
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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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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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