I idolize my kid sister, so I get it. I understand why other people do too.
FINNEASI just have no interest in being at a party.
More Finneas Quotes
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To me, as a producer, I always want something to set stuff apart.
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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 think we’re always looking for ways to inject a sense of humor into our music.
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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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I just have no interest in being at a party.
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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 particularly like recording studios, they tend to be lifeless and without any natural light, so I wanted to record wherever we lived. We just don’t want to be bound to a studio to who we’d have to pay untold sums to.
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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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My dreams as a kid were so far below the Grammys, like, maybe selling out a show, or, like, seeing your album on a shelf in an Urban Outfitters… and the Grammys are so far above that. It’s very ridiculous.
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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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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.
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If you’re thinking about all the possibilities of your life, there are extreme negatives, which you hope don’t happen, and extreme positives, which you just aren’t willing to think about because you think you’ll jinx it.
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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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It’s important to recognize when a song remains important to you.
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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 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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There’s always a better word than a swear word.
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I’m just obsessed with music I guess.
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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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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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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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When I started, I felt that there was this incredible amount of doubt of my ability as a producer.
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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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I don’t analyze songs because I think it will make me a better songwriter, I just do it out of sheer curiosity.
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Our mom cooks well, and we cook poorly. We try.
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Usually, I get bored of my stuff almost immediately.
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