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.
FINNEASDefinitely for me and my sister, wherever we are the most comfortable is where the best music’s going to be made.
More Finneas Quotes
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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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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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A lot of the time, in pop music especially, there’s reverb. And the reason is that reverb makes vocals sound better 99% of the time. It makes the notes ring out.
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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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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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When I wrote ‘When the Party’s Over,’ it had a universal quality.
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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 always wanted to be on tour or making albums.
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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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In my perfect world, I get to be a professional musician and still go to Trader Joe’s.
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I never get tired of writing about love.
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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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If you’re paying attention and you’ve been a good listener, you learn every day.
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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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The amount of times I’ve been told something by artists I’m working with, which I’m sure they haven’t told even their significant other or families, is shocking.
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I am not a very superstitious person, but I do believe in mental preparation.
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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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My dreams as a kid were so far below the Grammys, like, maybe selling out a show, or, like, seeing your album on a shelf in an Urban Outfitters… and the Grammys are so far above that. It’s very ridiculous.
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Our mom cooks well, and we cook poorly. We try.
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It’s important to recognize when a song remains important to you.
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Everybody has different taste and everyone’s favourite song is different and that’s great.
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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 think if you’re not trying to change things a little bit, you’re not evolving.
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Obviously 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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It’s always important to be checking in with people you love.
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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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