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.
FINNEASI 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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Kids have tools to do what I’m doing.
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I mainly try to foster long-term collaborative relationships.
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If you’re paying attention and you’ve been a good listener, you learn every day.
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You know, I grew up very self-taught.
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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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There’s always a better word than a swear word.
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All my favorite songs ever are love songs. Probably topped by ‘The Luckiest’ by Ben Folds.
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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 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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Working on TV shows was fun, but I felt crazy pressured and stressed.
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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 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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I stopped telling people what lyrics meant to them when I saw them tattoo it on them, because it clearly meant much more to them than it ever did to me.
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I always wanted to be on tour or making albums.
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Everybody has different taste and everyone’s favourite song is different and that’s great.
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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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I usually don’t like to annoy people in asking to work with them.
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It’s always important to be checking in with people you love.
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I have nothing against reverb.
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All the albums that I grew up listening to were produced by one person.
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We were a very crunchy, sort of hippie-dippy family.
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I don’t analyze songs because I think it will make me a better songwriter, I just do it out of sheer curiosity.
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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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To be honest, I’ve found so many more friends in the music industry than people I disagree with. I certainly haven’t been made to feel like an outsider.
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I never get tired of writing about love.
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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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