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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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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
Kids have tools to do what I’m doing.
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Children Myself Tools
I think we’re always looking for ways to inject a sense of humor into our music.
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Fun Humor Music Myself Thinking
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
I am not a very superstitious person, but I do believe in mental preparation.
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Believe Mental Myself Person Preparation
It’s always important to be checking in with people you love.
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Check Important Love People Yourself
It’s important to recognize when a song remains important to you.
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Important Recognition Remain Song Yourself
I don’t particularly like recording studios, they tend to be lifeless and without any natural light, so I wanted to record wherever we lived. We just don’t want to be bound to a studio to who we’d have to pay untold sums to.
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Life Light Myself Natural Pay Record Studio
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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Excitement Gratitude Myself People Shock Surprise
All my favorite songs ever are love songs. Probably topped by ‘The Luckiest’ by Ben Folds.
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Love Music Myself Song
I don’t really have any interest in recording at places that are institutionalized for recording.
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Institution Interest Myself Place Record
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
I have always loved Ben Folds, he’s like an idol of mine, a hero of mine.
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Hero Idol Love Myself
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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Dog Funny Greatness Herself Travel
Our mom cooks well, and we cook poorly. We try.
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Cook Mom Ourselves Poor Try
I 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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Listening Love Myself Pressure Song 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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