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.
FINNEASWhen I wrote ‘When the Party’s Over,’ it had a universal quality.
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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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I’m not a control freak in that like I boss everybody around, but like a control freak and like, I like knowing exactly what I get to do that day and having a say.
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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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Working on TV shows was fun, but I felt crazy pressured and stressed.
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To me, as a producer, I always want something to set stuff apart.
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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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I think if you’re not trying to change things a little bit, you’re not evolving.
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I am just fascinated by music and I want to know how to identify all the things I love about it; to me music theory is like learning another language and then being able to explain how much you love something more clearly.
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I just have no interest in being at a party.
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There’s always a better word than a swear word.
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I’m a bad guitar tuner. I have to pay somebody to tune my guitars.
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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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I idolize my kid sister, so I get it. I understand why other people do too.
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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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For me, I’m going to try to make my favorite song over the most popular song.
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