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.
FINNEASI love pop songs so much and I don’t put a ton of pressure on myself as a solo artist to always write the most commercial feeling thing, I just want to write things I would love to listen to.
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Working on TV shows was fun, but I felt crazy pressured and stressed.
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I don’t really have any interest in recording at places that are institutionalized for recording.
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I mainly try to foster long-term collaborative relationships.
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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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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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For me, I’m going to try to make my favorite song over the most popular song.
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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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All my favorite songs ever are love songs. Probably topped by ‘The Luckiest’ by Ben Folds.
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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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We wrote and recorded the ‘Bond’ song on a tour bus in Texas.
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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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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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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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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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Usually, I get bored of my stuff almost immediately.
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