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. Finneas Read Quote
If you need to record live instruments, especially drums, it’s still best to do it in a studio. Finneas Read Quote
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. Finneas Read Quote
I’m a big believer in the benefit of a home studio. You’re sitting there and maybe you don’t know the next line. So you go outside for a second, maybe. Make a sandwich. Play with the dog. Or watch an episode of ‘The Office,’ whatever. And then it clicks, you run back into the room, and you’ve got it. It’s not like your creativity is on the clock. Finneas Read Quote
To me, my favorite joke on a stand-up special is when someone says something and you go, ‘Oh my God, I’ve been thinking that my whole life, I’ve just never said it to anyone else.’ Those little kinda quiet, personal observations you make that nobody else has talked about yet. Finneas Read Quote
All my favorite songs ever are love songs. Probably topped by ‘The Luckiest’ by Ben Folds. Finneas Read Quote
If I’m writing with or for someone else, it just has to feel true and real for them. It has to feel like they’re being honest. If it’s for myself, it’s the same thing. It has to be something I can mean when I say it. Finneas Read Quote
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. Finneas Read Quote
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. Finneas Read Quote
