“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 remember I was really into this British band, The Vapors, with that song "Turning Japanese." I thought that they were really next level genius cryptic weirdos. And then I realized when I got older they are just using a lot of British words, and I didn't know what they meant. But I thought, Oh, they are making up their own language.” KnowsRememberSongNextLanguageLevelsGeniusBandBritishI RealizedNext LevelMaking UpWeirdoVaporCryptic Author:Craig Finn
“You are hearing this song, and you're 16, and it's a song about love, or a girl. And then maybe there's a girl at school that you like. So you're going to be thinking about that girl. That song is sort of about that girl. The songwriter doesn't know that girl, obviously. He wrote it for something else. But there's the specific meaning with the universal again.” ThinkingKnowsSchoolSongGirlUniversalHearingSongwritersThat Girl Author:Craig Finn
“At forty-one, now I think it would be really cool to have an A&R guy say, "You know what? I don't think you've got this album sequenced right."” ThinkingKnowsWould BeGuyAlbumsFortyReally Cool 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
“The Catholic influence just comes from being raised Catholic, going to church every Sunday, being confirmed, going to church on holy days. So it's coming from where I am. It serves the purpose of having people who have a base or foundation where they know what's right.” PeopleKnowsPurposeChurchInfluenceHolyCatholicFoundationRaisedSundayGoing To ChurchHoly Days Author:Craig Finn
