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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’m not a control freak in that like I boss everybody around, but like a control freak and like, I like knowing exactly what I get to do that day and having a say.
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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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Feeling Music Myself Production
If you’re paying attention and you’ve been a good listener, you learn every day.
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I am not a very superstitious person, but I do believe in mental preparation.
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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 never get tired of writing about love.
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Working on TV shows was fun, but I felt crazy pressured and stressed.
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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 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 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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Everybody has different taste and everyone’s favourite song is different and that’s great.
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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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In my perfect world, I get to be a professional musician and still go to Trader Joe’s.
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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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I usually don’t like to annoy people in asking to work with them.
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I’m just obsessed with music I guess.
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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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