I have always loved Ben Folds, he’s like an idol of mine, a hero of mine.
FINNEASObviously 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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For me, I’m going to try to make my favorite song over the most popular song.
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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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The way that we tried to approach every piece of music is, if the song had a brain, it would be aware of its catalog.
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Love has always been the most important thing to me and the thing by which my life is guided.
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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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When I started, I felt that there was this incredible amount of doubt of my ability as a producer.
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There’s no other person I like working with as much as my sister.
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There’s always a better word than a swear word.
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I don’t really have any interest in recording at places that are institutionalized for recording.
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I really value just being able to go out and grab a coffee or going to a movie and not have anyone recognize me.
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To me, as a producer, I always want something to set stuff apart.
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I usually don’t like to annoy people in asking to work with them.
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I think it’s really easy to be the altruistic hero of your own narrative and story.
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I really always wanted to be an adult. I didn’t really like being an adolescent at all.
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All the albums that I grew up listening to were produced by one person.
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