In my perfect world, I get to be a professional musician and still go to Trader Joe’s.
FINNEASI am not a very superstitious person, but I do believe in mental preparation.
More Finneas Quotes
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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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I’m a bad guitar tuner. I have to pay somebody to tune my guitars.
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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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I mainly try to foster long-term collaborative relationships.
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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 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 think it’s really easy to be the altruistic hero of your own narrative and story.
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I don’t particularly like recording studios, they tend to be lifeless and without any natural light, so I wanted to record wherever we lived. We just don’t want to be bound to a studio to who we’d have to pay untold sums to.
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Definitely for me and my sister, wherever we are the most comfortable is where the best music’s going to be made.
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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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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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I think if you’re not trying to change things a little bit, you’re not evolving.
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It’s always important to be checking in with people you love.
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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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It’s important to recognize when a song remains important to you.
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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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I usually don’t like to annoy people in asking to work with them.
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If you’re paying attention and you’ve been a good listener, you learn every day.
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To me, as a producer, I always want something to set stuff apart.
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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 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 never get tired of writing about love.
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I’m just obsessed with music I guess.
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What I really didn’t want to do is work with other people and have them go, ‘Oh, Finneas just does that sound for everybody.’ The Billie sound is only Billie – I’ll only do that for her.
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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 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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