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Band Quote by Craig Finn

“Ironically, when I was playing in my first band, I would deliberately not write down any lyrics. I have a really good memory and I would just keep them in my head.” quote by Craig Finn — Download Open image

“Ironically, when I was playing in my first band, I would deliberately not write down any lyrics. I have a really good memory and I would just keep them in my head.”

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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…

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

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

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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…

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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…

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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…

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…

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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…

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

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