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- Nov 07, 2020
I normally write on acoustic guitar, although piano is the instrument that I actually studied. Occasionally, I'll write on the piano or sometimes with no instrument at all.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you're sitting in a place like Martha's Vineyard, I don't think you're going to write a song about a ski resort.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
Andy Chase and I were keyboard players originally, and we became guitarists later. But it's fun for us to focus more on the keyboard stuff sometimes.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
With Fountains Of Wayne, I almost always start with lyrics - maybe not the entire lyric, but I almost always need a couplet or something, and then I work from there. With Ivy, it's much more about the atmosphere and the vibe.
- Anything
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- Nov 07, 2020
What should a song be about? It's a trick question for songwriters because lots of amazing songs aren't 'about' anything. Or, at least, they're not about anything that's obvious or logical.
- Some
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tend to write songs that are about something pretty specific. A lot of them tell some kind of little made-up story.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I initially started inventing characters in my songs because I didn't want to write directly about myself. Also, as a kid, I loved all the character names in Beatles songs, like Eleanor Rigby and Lovely Rita and Mean Mr. Mustard and Maxwell and Rocky Raccoon.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a writer, I find it very satisfying when a lyric suddenly ties together more neatly than you expected it to. But for the listener, hearing a good lyric is not generally as exciting as hearing a great beat or a great riff or a great melody or even a distinctive singing voice for the first time.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Cleveland Cavaliers are forced to play in something called the 'Quicken Loans Arena.' This is a terrible name for a sports venue.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Mall Of America, outside Minneapolis, is just a mall. Yeah, it's big. So, like, instead of your typical 12 Starbucks, there are 30.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
Scotland is a picturesque country where the people are friendly yet completely incomprehensible. Also, the national delicacy is a sheep's stomach filled with its liver, lungs, and heart.
- Inspiration
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- Nov 07, 2020
Saxon, if you are unfamiliar, is a British heavy-metal band that has been around since the mid-'70s and was in no small part the inspiration for Spinal Tap.
- Guy
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- Nov 07, 2020
London is a vast, complex city designed by the same guy who created the Habitrail.
- Magnet
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- Nov 07, 2020
Coachella is a magnet for music-biz luminaries such as Tara Reid, Paris Hilton, and Cameron Diaz.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think one of the pitfalls of doing your own music is that sometimes you can never be satisfied with it: you're afraid to say that it's done, and you keep reworking it or re-recording it or re-writing it.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020