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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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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 idolize my kid sister, so I get it. I understand why other people do too.
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Children Idol Myself People Sister Understand
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
Definitely for me and my sister, wherever we are the most comfortable is where the best music’s going to be made.
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Best Comfortable Music Myself Sister
Everybody has different taste and everyone’s favourite song is different and that’s great.
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Different Greatness Song Taste
I usually don’t like to annoy people in asking to work with them.
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Annoy Myself People Work
I’m just obsessed with music I guess.
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Music Myself Obsession
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
To me, as a producer, I always want something to set stuff apart.
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Apart Myself Production
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
I was on a TV show called ‘Glee.’ I mean, I was on the real tail end of that show; it was already way past its peak. But still, for me aged 17 landing something like that was a big deal.
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Deal Myself Past Reality Show
Working on TV shows was fun, but I felt crazy pressured and stressed.
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Crazy Myself Pressure Stress Television Work
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
When I wrote ‘When the Party’s Over,’ it had a universal quality.
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Party Quality Universe Writing
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
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
What I really didn’t want to do is work with other people and have them go, ‘Oh, Finneas just does that sound for everybody.’ The Billie sound is only Billie – I’ll only do that for her.
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Herself Myself People Sound Work
All the albums that I grew up listening to were produced by one person.
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Album Listening Myself Person Production
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
It’s always important to be checking in with people you love.
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Check Important Love People Yourself
I always wanted to be on tour or making albums.
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Album Myself Travel
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
I’m a bad guitar tuner. I have to pay somebody to tune my guitars.
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Bad Body Guitar Instrument Myself Pay
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
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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Children Enjoyment Happiness Life Myself Positive Scare
You know, I grew up very self-taught.
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Growth Teaching Yourself
We wrote and recorded the ‘Bond’ song on a tour bus in Texas.
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Music Record Song Writing

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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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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