I don't have a problem rhyming "bar" with "car" - I do it all the time - but sometimes it doesn't feel… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
The point of being in a band, for instance, isn't to get big; it's about enjoying playing shows. — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
An album doesn't mean as much to a lot of people now, compared to just songs. — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
I think when you are doing a song you're trying to give people enough details that they connect. — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
I think making the songs is to put strength in the community in some way. — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
My style of lyric-writing is very specific and has a lot of details, and I think people react most to that. — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
In the end, when you're writing a really good song, it strikes the right tone. — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
Ironically, when I was playing in my first band, I would deliberately not write down any lyrics. I have a really good… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
I don't really pursue writing songs for other people. I guess one of the things I always think about is a good… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
I'm able to draw outside my own personal experiences. No one wants to hear the song about what I really did today,… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
You can think of a number of bands where the first record is by far their biggest record. And that must be… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
If you wait four or five years between records, it better be a masterpiece, you know? And if you keep putting them… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
I really like narrative songs, but I wonder if that's a thing for some people. Once they've heard the story, do they… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
Being on a microphone nightly has made me better at what I do, made me better able to sing a little bit,… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
The reality is that the shows kind of disconnect from the songs a little bit. You're playing the songs, but they take… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
It's really easy, in a band, to overstate - you feel like everything you do is different than the past. I think… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
I think the biggest thing - and this I think is true of songs but also of movies and books and art… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
The Replacements are the foundation for a lot of what came after in alternative and college rock. Let It Be is their… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
I've tried to write songs for other people and it usually requires them singing it and then changing the phrasing. I can… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
It's good to have some kind of California in there. It's almost always appropriate. It's appropriate on a sunny day or late… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
There's this moment sometimes, when you do a crossword puzzle and you have the one really long word. And once you get… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
I remember I was really into this British band, The Vapors, with that song "Turning Japanese." I thought that they were really… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
Sometimes people come up and say, "You have this line in this song and it meant a lot to me." You don't… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
When we started the band, I was really like, "We just want to make a lot of records" - not quite unlike… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
I can still sing most Eagles songs, even though I never bought a record and never liked the band. — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
One of the things you do in a band is the more you stay together, the more you play to your strengths. — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
People think of songwriting as a very personal thing: A guy gets up there with an acoustic guitar and he sings his… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
I'm not only a songwriter but I'm a massive music fan and I love going to shows. It's different than reading a… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
One of the things is my process requires a lot of repetition. I can probably drive people crazy because I'm interested in… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
Some people will totally get restless, since you can make demos pretty easy. It's not unreasonable for someone to say, "All right,… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
I use a lot of specific places in my songs - traditionally, a lot from Minneapolis and St. Paul, where I grew… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
You are hearing this song, and you're 16, and it's a song about love, or a girl. And then maybe there's a… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
It's a template record for the intersection between pop and noise, starting out with 'Sunday Morning' - a real beautiful, almost innocent… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
I really like narrative songs, but I wonder if that's a thing for some people. Once they've heard the story, do they really need… — Craig Finn Copy Share
I'm not only a songwriter but I'm a massive music fan and I love going to shows. It's different than reading a book. — Craig Finn Copy Share
You can think of a number of bands where the first record is by far their biggest record. And that must be hard for… — Craig Finn Copy Share
My style of lyric-writing is very specific and has a lot of details, and I think people react most to that. — Craig Finn Copy Share
I graduated high school in 1989, and there was no alternative rock radio, and there wasn't really good college radio you could get on… — Craig Finn Copy Share
Sometimes people come up and say, "You have this line in this song and it meant a lot to me." You don't always remember… — Craig Finn Copy Share
When we started the band, I was really like, "We just want to make a lot of records" - not quite unlike Guided By… — Craig Finn Copy Share
I think, Trump ran a very nostalgic campaign. There's an idea of like, to put it bluntly: What if it was like before all… — Craig Finn Copy Share
I'm able to draw outside my own personal experiences. No one wants to hear the song about what I really did today, which is… — Craig Finn Copy Share
The reality is that the shows kind of disconnect from the songs a little bit. You're playing the songs, but they take on a… — Craig Finn Copy Share
Being on a microphone nightly has made me better at what I do, made me better able to sing a little bit, but also… — Craig Finn Copy Share
Some people will totally get restless, since you can make demos pretty easy. It's not unreasonable for someone to say, "All right, can you… — Craig Finn Copy Share
