People were like, ‘he’s collaborating with Taylor Swift’ and I was like, ‘I am?’ I think she’s wonderful. Her songwriting has inspired me for years.
FINNEASI 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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In my perfect world, I get to be a professional musician and still go to Trader Joe’s.
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We were a very crunchy, sort of hippie-dippy family.
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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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Working on TV shows was fun, but I felt crazy pressured and stressed.
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I don’t really have any interest in recording at places that are institutionalized for recording.
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There’s always a better word than a swear word.
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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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I’m just obsessed with music I guess.
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I came to NAMM once and saw this guitar that self-tuned, and I thought, ‘Wow, this is the future!’ And I’ve never seen it again.
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All my favorite songs ever are love songs. Probably topped by ‘The Luckiest’ by Ben Folds.
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You know, I grew up very self-taught.
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I had a very positive, wonderful, happy upbringing, and still, for several reasons, I really didn’t enjoy being a child very much. I felt that I had no control over my life and everything seemed scarier and larger than life.
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When I wrote ‘When the Party’s Over,’ it had a universal quality.
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