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.
FINNEASWhen I wrote ‘When the Party’s Over,’ it had a universal quality.
More Finneas Quotes
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The music that I listened to when I was growing up was the most important to me forever.
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To me, as a producer, I always want something to set stuff apart.
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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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When I started, I felt that there was this incredible amount of doubt of my ability as a producer.
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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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You know, I grew up very self-taught.
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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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You go to a truck stop and there are key chains with names on them, and there’s no Finneas. There’s no Billie. They’re little things, but as a kid, you just feel weirdly ostracized.
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I’m a bad guitar tuner. I have to pay somebody to tune my guitars.
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All the albums that I grew up listening to were produced by one person.
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It’s always important to be checking in with people you love.
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I don’t really have any interest in recording at places that are institutionalized for recording.
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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’m just obsessed with music I guess.
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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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