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I think it’s really easy to be the altruistic hero of your own narrative and story.

Finneas

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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Herself Myself People Sound Work
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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Approach Aware Brain Catalog Music Pieces Song
It’s always important to be checking in with people you love.
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Check Important Love People Yourself
I think if you’re not trying to change things a little bit, you’re not evolving.
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Change Evolution Myself Thinking Try World
I think it’s really easy to be the altruistic hero of your own narrative and story.
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Easy Heroes Story Thinking Yourself
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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Listening Love Myself Pressure Song Writing
We wrote and recorded the ‘Bond’ song on a tour bus in Texas.
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Music Record Song Writing
The music that I listened to when I was growing up was the most important to me forever.
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Forever Growth Listening Music Myself
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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Guitar Instrument Myself Surprise
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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Album Love Nomination Thinking Yourself
When I wrote ‘When the Party’s Over,’ it had a universal quality.
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Party Quality Universe Writing
There’s no other person I like working with as much as my sister.
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Myself Person Sister Work
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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Coffee Fame Myself Recognition Value
Working on TV shows was fun, but I felt crazy pressured and stressed.
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Crazy Myself Pressure Stress Television Work
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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Dog Funny Greatness Herself Travel
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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Feeling Friendship Honesty Industry Music Myself
I mainly try to foster long-term collaborative relationships.
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Collaboration Myself Relationship
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.
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Collaboration Inspirational Myself People Song Wonderful Writing
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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Analyze Better Curiosity Song Thinking Writing
All my favorite songs ever are love songs. Probably topped by ‘The Luckiest’ by Ben Folds.
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Love Music Myself Song
I have nothing against reverb.
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Myself Rivalry
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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Great Kind Music Philosophy Place Yourself
I don’t really have any interest in recording at places that are institutionalized for recording.
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Institution Interest Myself Place Record
I am not a very superstitious person, but I do believe in mental preparation.
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Believe Mental Myself Person Preparation
I always wanted to be on tour or making albums.
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Album Myself Travel
Well, predominately, if I’m writing for another artist, I’m sitting there with them and we’re writing it together.
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Artist Myself Togetherness Writing
If you need to record live instruments, especially drums, it’s still best to do it in a studio.
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Instrument Live Myself Record

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