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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’m just obsessed with music I guess.
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Music Myself Obsession
I 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.
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Deal Myself Past Reality Show
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
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
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.
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Creativity Feeling Myself Privacy Song
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
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
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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Children Enjoyment Happiness Life Myself Positive Scare
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
You know, I grew up very self-taught.
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Growth Teaching Yourself
Usually, I get bored of my stuff almost immediately.
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Bored Myself Stuff
I mainly try to foster long-term collaborative relationships.
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Collaboration Myself Relationship
I have always loved Ben Folds, he’s like an idol of mine, a hero of mine.
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Hero Idol Love Myself
It’s important to recognize when a song remains important to you.
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Important Recognition Remain Song Yourself
There’s always a better word than a swear word.
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Bad Better Choice Language Myself Option Word
I idolize my kid sister, so I get it. I understand why other people do too.
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Children Idol Myself People Sister Understand
I 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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Feeling Music Myself Production
I usually don’t like to annoy people in asking to work with them.
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Annoy Myself People Work
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
There’s no other person I like working with as much as my sister.
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Myself Person Sister Work
Kids have tools to do what I’m doing.
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Children Myself Tools
I have nothing against reverb.
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Myself Rivalry
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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Artist Creation Impersonation Myself People Sound
To me, as a producer, I always want something to set stuff apart.
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Apart Myself Production
Our mom cooks well, and we cook poorly. We try.
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Cook Mom Ourselves Poor Try
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 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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Design Lyrics Myself People Tattoo

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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