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.
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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We were a very crunchy, sort of hippie-dippy family.
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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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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 mainly try to foster long-term collaborative relationships.
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There’s always a better word than a swear word.
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I have nothing against reverb.
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I don’t really have any interest in recording at places that are institutionalized for recording.
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We wrote and recorded the ‘Bond’ song on a tour bus in Texas.
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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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The amount of times I’ve been told something by artists I’m working with, which I’m sure they haven’t told even their significant other or families, is shocking.
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All the albums that I grew up listening to were produced by one person.
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I had a very positive, wonderful, happy upbringing, and still, for several reasons, I really didn’t enjoy being a child very much. I felt that I had no control over my life and everything seemed scarier and larger than life.
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If you need to record live instruments, especially drums, it’s still best to do it in a studio.
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I just have no interest in being at a party.
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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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