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. Finneas Read Quote
Being able to hear an artist and emulate them has been a huge part of being successful as a producer and co-writer. I think it’s a problem when a producer comes in to work with an artist, and you can’t hear the artist as well anymore. It’s very important to me to be invisible. Finneas Read Quote
The music that I listened to when I was growing up was the most important to me forever. Finneas Read Quote
I’m not very interested in fame or notoriety at all – in fact, I’d be pretty bummed out if I woke up one day and I was, like, super, super famous. But the flipside of that is that I’m really passionate about my music, I’m really proud of it and I want it to be heard by as many people as possible, and I’m willing to embrace whatever comes with that. Finneas Read Quote
I think that’s probably the number one reason why collaboration is good. You disagree with each other about things and then what we always say is whichever one of us is more passionate about the issue is the winner because if you care about something enough to fight for it, that means it’s probably a good thing. Finneas Read Quote
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.’ Finneas Read Quote
I think in modern communication studies, we put a lot of emphasis on our relationships and our family relationships. Our relationships with our parents, and our siblings. I felt that there was this gap in content about communication with people who are super close to you in your peer group. Finneas Read Quote
In my perfect world, I get to be a professional musician and still go to Trader Joe’s. Finneas Read Quote
