When I started really playing music, I pretty much quit sports. I quit everything. — Mark Foster Everything Copy Share Image
When I put Foster The People together, I just wanted to play music with friends. — Mark Foster Friends Copy Share Image
The phrase 'pumped up kicks,' man, I was excited when I came up with that. — Mark Foster Excited Copy Share Image
Pressure has always been more of a friend than a foe for me with songwriting. — Mark Foster Always Copy Share Image
There are career waiters in Los Angeles, and they're making over $100,000 a year. — Mark Foster Career Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself an entertainer. I consider myself an artist, and I think with that comes responsibility. — Mark Foster Art Copy Share Image
I'd rather be a poor singer/songwriter doing what I love than get rich from selling my soul. — Mark Foster I love Copy Share Image
Every single song on 'Torches' was a little self-contained pop song, so there wasn't any fat on the songs; there wasn't a… — Mark Foster Fat Copy Share Image
It's funny: the one time I got star-struck was when I met Snoop Dogg. I gave him a hug and said, 'I… — Mark Foster Funny Copy Share Image
I feel like trying to write a song in order to be a big hit is just not something I'm interested in… — Mark Foster Big Copy Share Image
Fear just crushes creativity, and if I let fear into the studio and into the songwriting, I was going to let it… — Mark Foster Art Copy Share Image
I've played so many gigs in front of around seven people. It's difficult to keep motivated, but it's all about growth. The… — Mark Foster Difficult Copy Share Image
It's the meanest thing to abuse your power as a songwriter. To write pointedly about someone... it's kind of unfair to use… — Mark Foster Abuse Copy Share Image
I could have pigeonholed us and wrote a whole record like 'Pumped Up Kicks,' and we would have been this breezy, nostalgic… — Mark Foster Band Copy Share Image
One of the things with the second record, a word I held close to my chest was 'brave.' To take chances to… — Mark Foster Artist Copy Share Image
Walking into the studio making 'Scared Hearts Club,' it was important for us as artists to write a joyful record, but using… — Mark Foster Art Copy Share Image
We've grown up on the Beach Boys and the Beatles and Blur and Bowie and the Clash. Also E.L.O. and Hall and… — Mark Foster Beach Copy Share Image
I had really bad grades in high school and didn't want to go to college, and my dad said, 'Why don't you… — Mark Foster Bad Copy Share Image
My aunts and uncles were like, 'You've got such a great voice - why don't you try out for 'American Idol?'' I'd… — Mark Foster American Copy Share Image
L.A. gives me a lot. L.A. is a city of extremes. People come here from all over the world that have these,… — Mark Foster City Copy Share Image
The jingles saved my life. When I got hired to do that, I was on top. I finally was making a living… — Mark Foster Artist Copy Share Image
Arcade Fire has kept their indie cred. They will sell out stadiums yet still have underdog status. But when you're a band… — Mark Foster Arcade fire Copy Share Image
I remember, when I heard Jeff Buckley's 'Grace,' on first listen I just thought it was such a great song. — Mark Foster Communication Copy Share Image
Art brings to life things that can seemingly be dead, and can put a fresh perspective on things that are living. It's… — Mark Foster Art Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Pumped Up Kicks' when I began to read about the growing trend in teenage mental illness. I wanted to understand… — Mark Foster Behind Copy Share Image
That's how life is: there are peaks and valleys in life, and that's how I like to write songs. — Mark Foster How Copy Share Image
When I'm writing songs, my favourite thing to do is to try and rabbit-trail and go places I've never gone to before.… — Mark Foster Country Copy Share Image
Going out and volunteering sounds simple, but many people don't volunteer because they don't know where to start. — Mark Foster Many Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Don't Stop' just like I wrote 'Pumped Up Kicks' - I didn't try to make either a hit. I just… — Mark Foster Either Copy Share Image
I love countermelodies, I love hooks and melodies that stick in your head. If I could put 20 melodies in a song… — Mark Foster Head Copy Share Image
I feel like kids are getting more and more used to communicating through a glass screen than they are face-to-face, and that… — Mark Foster Communicating Copy Share Image
I remember, in middle school, I went to four different schools. That was a rough patch. But it's also what shaped me… — Mark Foster Four Copy Share Image
There's a lot of bands that blow up quickly, but then they die quickly. Longevity is the healthy thing; that's the pursuit. — Mark Foster Bands Copy Share Image
When I write a song, the music comes from my spirit, which is very playful and optimistic, but then the lyrics come… — Mark Foster Lyrics Copy Share Image
If I'm with people who are really positive and go with the flow, that's when the best ideas come out for me. — Mark Foster Best Copy Share Image
I experienced bullying a lot. I was an only child, and I was kind of a small kid with a big mouth,… — Mark Foster Big Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Torches' before experiencing touring as a band. I really had no idea what they would sound like live, and that… — Mark Foster Band Copy Share Image
