Lyric Writing Quotes by Craig Finn

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

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

— Craig Finn

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

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

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

— Craig Finn

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

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

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

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

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

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

— Craig Finn

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

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

— Craig Finn

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

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