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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 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.
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To me, as a producer, I always want something to set 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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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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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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You know, I grew up very self-taught.
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I don’t really have any interest in recording at places that are institutionalized for recording.
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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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Obviously I’m very grateful ‘Bad Guy’ is doing so well – it’s shocking and surprising and gratifying – but I do think it’s important to try to make the next song that people are gonna be excited about.
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I have nothing against reverb.
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I usually don’t like to annoy people in asking to work with them.
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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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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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Working on TV shows was fun, but I felt crazy pressured and stressed.
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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 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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