Band Quotes by Craig Finn

9 Band quotes by Craig Finn

Craig Finn’s nine short thoughts on band capture his narrative, indie rock edge in a compact form. Though limited in number, each quote offers a window into his nuanced view of musical collaboration.

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I can still sing most Eagles songs, even though I never bought a record and never liked the band.

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I would never talk to a girl in a bar, like a pick-up thing. But I could talk to anyone if they…

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One of the things you do in a band is the more you stay together, the more you play to your strengths.

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The point of being in a band, for instance, isn't to get big; it's about enjoying playing shows.

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When you get into rock 'n' roll myths, like that Rod Stewart blew his whole band and had to get his stomach…

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Ironically, when I was playing in my first band, I would deliberately not write down any lyrics. I have a really good…

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There's somewhat of a real fascination with American bands and American mythology in London.

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You can think of a number of bands where the first record is by far their biggest record. And that must be…

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I remember I was really into this British band, The Vapors, with that song "Turning Japanese." I thought that they were really…

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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…

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I think you want to write a song that's like the songs you are into.

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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.

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My style of lyric-writing is very specific and has a lot of details, and I think people react most to that.

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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…

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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…

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When we started the band, I was really like, "We just want to make a lot of records" - not quite unlike Guided By…

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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…

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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…

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I think making the songs is to put strength in the community in some way.

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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…

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If we enjoy what we're doing, we shouldn't really need a break.

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Being on a microphone nightly has made me better at what I do, made me better able to sing a little bit, but also…

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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…

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