“I use a lot of specific places in my songs - traditionally, a lot from Minneapolis and St. Paul, where I grew up. Most people, especially when you get into international touring, have not been there. So you say, "Well, isn't it risky to talk about the corner of Franklin Avenue and Lyndale?" If you do it right, someone should say, "God, I know a corner like that." Offering specific details to describe something universal.” PeopleIfsKnowsShouldWellsUseSongGrewGrew UpUniversalInternationalDetailsCornersOfferingAvenuesTouringFranklinMinneapolis Author:Craig Finn
“I would never talk to a girl in a bar, like a pick-up thing. But I could talk to anyone if they wore a t-shirt of a band I like.” IfsGirlBandPicksBarsShirtsT Shirt Author:Craig Finn
“If I'm stuck, I'll sit down and read. That's a big thing.” IfsBigsDown AndStuckBig Things Author:Craig Finn
“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 to hear the story again?” PeopleIfsNeedsStoriesSongWonderHeardNarrative Author:Craig Finn
“I think having a coach or an editor or whatever the novelist's producer is could help. If you finish a chapter and you turn it in to him, and he or she said, "That was pretty good, it might go better." Maybe that's what I'll try to find.” IfsThinkingTryingSaidHelpingMightTurnsCoachesProducersNovelistsEditorsChapters Author:Craig Finn
“If we enjoy what we're doing, we shouldn't really need a break.” IfsNeedsEnjoyBreak Author:Craig Finn
“If you wait four or five years between records, it better be a masterpiece, you know? And if you keep putting them out, you're saying, 'Hey, here's 10 more songs'.” IfsKnowsYearsSongWaitingRecordsFiveFourHeyFive YearsMasterpiece Author:Craig Finn
“It's good to have some kind of California in there. It's almost always appropriate. It's appropriate on a sunny day or late at night. If you grew up on the Grateful Dead, which I certainly did, you listened to 10 million bootlegs. But you realize that American Beauty has some really tight, well-arranged songs that aren't meandering.” IfsWellsKindNightSongRealizingMillionsGrewLateGrew UpGratefulCaliforniaAppropriateSunnySunny Day Author:Craig Finn
