I really always wanted to be an adult. I didn’t really like being an adolescent at all.
FINNEASThe 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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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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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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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 don’t really have any interest in recording at places that are institutionalized for recording.
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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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I think if you’re not trying to change things a little bit, you’re not evolving.
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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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A lot of the time, in pop music especially, there’s reverb. And the reason is that reverb makes vocals sound better 99% of the time. It makes the notes ring out.
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I have always loved Ben Folds, he’s like an idol of mine, a hero of mine.
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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 am not a very superstitious person, but I do believe in mental preparation.
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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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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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When I started, I felt that there was this incredible amount of doubt of my ability as a producer.
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People don’t come to see a Billie Eilish show to come to see me. They come to see her. So I just try not to screw up too much on my instruments.
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