If you’re paying attention and you’ve been a good listener, you learn every day.
FINNEASI 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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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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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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I don’t really have any interest in recording at places that are institutionalized for recording.
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I always wanted to be on tour or making albums.
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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 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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I am just fascinated by music and I want to know how to identify all the things I love about it; to me music theory is like learning another language and then being able to explain how much you love something more clearly.
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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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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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In my perfect world, I get to be a professional musician and still go to Trader Joe’s.
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You know, I grew up very self-taught.
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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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When I started, I felt that there was this incredible amount of doubt of my ability as a producer.
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I am not a very superstitious person, but I do believe in mental preparation.
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I never get tired of writing about love.
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