Songwriting is a really fortunate skill to have to frame living and to find new ways to observe things you're going through. — Feist Copy Share Image
You never know what's going to play into what's worthy of getting encapsulated into a song. — Feist Copy Share Image
There's real potency in metal. Metal fans love metal as if it's a nation they would fight for. It's not diluted by… — Feist Copy Share Image
When I did '1,2,3,4' on 'Sesame Street' they'd rewritten the song and made it about counting. At first, I balked. I was… — Feist Copy Share Image
I'd hear some beautiful Sade or Kings Of Convenience ballad remixed in a club, and I liked that these simple little songs… — Feist Copy Share Image
Any kind of anthemic song, for the most part, they're on the positive side of things. It's not hard to identify when… — Feist Copy Share Image
Gatekeeper was sort of my first attempt to put a little bit of a frame and boundaries around songwriting, and try to… — Feist Copy Share Image
The idea of having one ensemble do everything is what was on 'Sea Lion' and that's what I tried to make happen… — Feist Copy Share Image
You're an enormous sponge and everything goes in there and you squeeze it out in songs, I guess. And if you're a… — Feist Copy Share Image
When I first played '1234' it was on stage in San Francisco at some kind of, like, sticky-floored club. And it felt… — Feist Copy Share Image
On the videos for '1234' and 'My Moon My Man' I wanted to make the songs visible. And, really, what way can… — Feist Copy Share Image
There have been times I've planted stuff in songs where four years later I'll be singing it from a subconscious, kind of… — Feist Copy Share Image
There's no mystery any more. So my instinct is to show very little, because there's much too much information about everyone, everywhere right now.… — Feist Copy Share Image
I've not really spent much time in proper studios. The room itself where you're recording, and how you live while you're there is what… — Feist Copy Share Image
Because there's just so much in a day now, I keep writing in much more abstract terms, like I don't try to write about… — Feist Copy Share Image
Be alone even when there's a million people around, because tomorrow it will be a different million people. — Feist Copy Share Image
When I did '1,2,3,4' on 'Sesame Street' they'd rewritten the song and made it about counting. At first, I balked. I was like, 'Counting… — Feist Copy Share Image
I had a guitar leaning against the wall and I'd squint at it. It was almost like a dog that had been kicked -… — Feist Copy Share Image
There are certain parts of chords that resolve things and tie a bow, and others that keep things open and unanswered. — Feist Copy Share Image
With music, I wasn't curious anymore. There was no dialogue. By the time I stopped, I knew it wasn't going to be gone forever,… — Feist Copy Share Image
No matter who weaves in and out of your life, regardless of the quality of those deep friendships and familyships, I'm the only common… — Feist Copy Share Image
There's real potency in metal. Metal fans love metal as if it's a nation they would fight for. It's not diluted by pop culture. — Feist Copy Share Image
I haven't been living anywhere because I've been on tour for the past two years. — Feist Copy Share Image
