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 at night. If you grew up on the Grateful Dead, which I certainly did, you listened to 10… — 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 up. Most people, especially when you get into international touring, have not been there. So you say, "Well,… — 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 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 book. — 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 hard for… — 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
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 Image
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 Image
When we started the band, I was really like, "We just want to make a lot of records" - not quite unlike Guided By Voices' schedule. I've always thought that our live thing is what we do best, and having a really robust, big catalog makes for the most interesting live band - especially with people, at this point, traveling… — 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 Image
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 Image
I think making the songs is to put strength in the community in some way. — 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 on a… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
