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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Finneas73 quotes“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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I have nothing against reverb.
FinneasFinneas Our mom cooks well, and we cook poorly. We try.
FinneasFinneas 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.
FinneasFinneas 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.
FinneasFinneas 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.
FinneasFinneas I really value just being able to go out and grab a coffee or going to a movie and not have anyone recognize me.
FinneasFinneas 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.
FinneasFinneas Kids have tools to do what I’m doing.
FinneasFinneas I have always loved Ben Folds, he’s like an idol of mine, a hero of mine.
FinneasFinneas When I started, I felt that there was this incredible amount of doubt of my ability as a producer.
FinneasFinneas I think it’s really easy to be the altruistic hero of your own narrative and story.
FinneasFinneas We were a very crunchy, sort of hippie-dippy family.
FinneasFinneas I don’t really have any interest in recording at places that are institutionalized for recording.
FinneasFinneas All my favorite songs ever are love songs. Probably topped by ‘The Luckiest’ by Ben Folds.
FinneasFinneas I stopped telling people what lyrics meant to them when I saw them tattoo it on them, because it clearly meant much more to them than it ever did to me.
FinneasFinneas Imagine if somebody was like, ‘Who’s the next Timothee Chalamet?’ It’s like, he’s currently Timothee Chalamet.
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Ben AffleckBen Affleck It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.
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Adam SchiffAdam Schiff It is part of who I am and is woven into the fabric of my personality, character, and psyche.
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