Well, predominately, if I’m writing for another artist, I’m sitting there with them and we’re writing it together.
FINNEASI was on a TV show called ‘Glee.’ I mean, I was on the real tail end of that show; it was already way past its peak. But still, for me aged 17 landing something like that was a big deal.
More Finneas Quotes
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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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I think we’re always looking for ways to inject a sense of humor into our music.
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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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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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I don’t think if you set out to make an album to get a bunch of Grammy nominations… you just have to set out to make an album you’ll really love.
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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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I mainly try to foster long-term collaborative relationships.
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The excuse of having a dog is great, because before I had a dog, I wouldn’t be like, ‘I need to go hike for two hours’; my girlfriend would have been like, ‘What are you doing?’ Now I take the dog, and she comes with me.
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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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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.
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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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All the albums that I grew up listening to were produced by one person.
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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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If you’re paying attention and you’ve been a good listener, you learn every day.
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There’s no other person I like working with as much as my sister.
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