Imagine if somebody was like, ‘Who’s the next Timothee Chalamet?’ It’s like, he’s currently Timothee Chalamet.
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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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There’s no other person I like working with as much as my sister.
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Everybody has different taste and everyone’s favourite song is different and that’s great.
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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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If I have experienced something in my life, it’s probably going to be written about, and I don’t particularly care if the person I’m writing about wants to be written about.
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There’s always a better word than a swear word.
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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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I have always loved Ben Folds, he’s like an idol of mine, a hero of mine.
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I’ve learned a lot from my mom and my dad. I learn a lot every time I watch Billie perform.
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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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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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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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Working on TV shows was fun, but I felt crazy pressured and stressed.
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The music that I listened to when I was growing up was the most important to me forever.
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If you’re thinking about all the possibilities of your life, there are extreme negatives, which you hope don’t happen, and extreme positives, which you just aren’t willing to think about because you think you’ll jinx it.
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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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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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All my favorite songs ever are love songs. Probably topped by ‘The Luckiest’ by Ben Folds.
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I think it’s really easy to be the altruistic hero of your own narrative and story.
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I idolize my kid sister, so I get it. I understand why other people do too.
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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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I think we’re always looking for ways to inject a sense of humor into our music.
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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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I have nothing against reverb.
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I’m just obsessed with music I guess.
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