I was rambunctious - a boy's boy, full of energy. I wasn't a bad kid. I just liked to talk. — Mark Foster Copy Share Image
'Torches' flowed together with interesting intros and outros. It was all very natural. — Mark Foster Copy Share Image
In Cleveland, music was always a big part of my life. That's really where I cut my teeth. — Mark Foster Copy Share Image
I like to write about real-life topics, and I like to write about different walks of life. — Mark Foster Copy Share Image
I think that there's a difference between being an entertainer and being an artist. — Mark Foster Art 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 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 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
That's how life is: there are peaks and valleys in life, and that's how I like to write songs. — Mark Foster 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 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 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 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 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 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
I could have pigeonholed us and wrote a whole record like 'Pumped Up Kicks,' and we would have been this breezy, nostalgic… — Mark Foster 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
I've written so many songs that are hopeful - songs that are, like, about an old man that gives all his possessions… — Mark Foster Help Copy Share Image
'I Get Around' came on one day. I'd never heard the Beach Boys before. The sound was so fresh to me. That… — Mark Foster Beach boys Copy Share Image
'Supermodel' was a hard record for me; it was an emotional record to write. I was purging a lot of stuff with… — Mark Foster Every night Copy Share Image
Culturally, it's really funny to me that people respect the weird guy as an artist. There can be a curmudgeon in the… — Mark Foster Art Copy Share Image
I'm a really extreme person, and balance is probably the hardest thing for me to maintain. — Mark Foster Balance Copy Share Image
I didn't record 'Pumped Up Kicks' out of a sense of moral obligation. — Mark Foster Moral obligation Copy Share Image
Art is observing society around you, representing it through your eyes. — Mark Foster 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
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 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
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 Copy Share Image
People worship anyone in the entertainment industry. You can be a used-car salesman and have a television commercial on the local station,… — Mark Foster Car salesman Copy Share Image
I feel like my calling is to show people joy: to make them feel like there's something to look forward to. — Mark Foster 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 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 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
