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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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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
You know, I grew up very self-taught.
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Growth Teaching Yourself
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
To me, as a producer, I always want something to set stuff apart.
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Apart Myself Production
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 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
When I started, I felt that there was this incredible amount of doubt of my ability as a producer.
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Doubt Incredible Myself Produce Start
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 mainly try to foster long-term collaborative relationships.
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Collaboration Myself Relationship
I have nothing against reverb.
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Myself Rivalry
Working on TV shows was fun, but I felt crazy pressured and stressed.
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Crazy Myself Pressure Stress Television Work
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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Control Day Myself
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
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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Artist Family Myself Relationship Time Work
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 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

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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