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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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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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Artist Myself Togetherness Writing
People don’t come to see a Billie Eilish show to come to see me. They come to see her. So I just try not to screw up too much on my instruments.
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Herself Instrument Myself People See
To be honest, I’ve found so many more friends in the music industry than people I disagree with. I certainly haven’t been made to feel like an outsider.
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Feeling Friendship Honesty Industry Music Myself
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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Guitar Instrument Myself Surprise
I think it’s really easy to be the altruistic hero of your own narrative and story.
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Easy Heroes Story Thinking Yourself
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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Learning Myself Performance Time
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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Collaboration Inspirational Myself People Song Wonderful Writing
I don’t think if you set out to make an album to get a bunch of Grammy nominations… you just have to set out to make an album you’ll really love.
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Album Love Nomination Thinking Yourself
When I wrote ‘When the Party’s Over,’ it had a universal quality.
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Party Quality Universe Writing
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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Better Detail Feeling Focus Kind Learning Myself
We wrote and recorded the ‘Bond’ song on a tour bus in Texas.
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Music Record Song Writing
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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Better Myself Reason Sound Time Vocal
In my perfect world, I get to be a professional musician and still go to Trader Joe’s.
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Music Myself Perfection Professional Trade World
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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Artist Creation Impersonation Myself People Sound
It’s always important to be checking in with people you love.
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Check Important Love People Yourself
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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Creativity Feeling Myself Privacy Song

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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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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