“I think when you are doing a song you're trying to give people enough details that they connect.” PeopleThinkingGivingTryingEnoughSongDetails Author:Craig Finn
“There's a lot of ways to be honest that don't necessarily involve absolute facts being true. I think that's something I absolutely try to do.” ThinkingWayTryingFactsHonestAbsolutesBeing TrueBeing Honest 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
“I was really obsessed with age. I kept saying it was a record about trying to age gracefully.” TryingAgeRecordsObsessed Author:Craig Finn
“Being on a microphone nightly has made me better at what I do, made me better able to sing a little bit, but also more confident at trying it.” Trying Author:Craig Finn
“Some people I've talked to have had really an interpretation of this record as being nostalgic. But in some ways, when we were writing Stay Positive, I was really obsessed with age. I kept saying it was a record about trying to age gracefully. This record, I think actually was us aging gracefully.” PeopleThinkingWritingTryingAgeAgingObsessedNostalgicAging Gracefully Author:Craig Finn
“Heaven Is Whenever - the Christian version of reward, the ultimate reward of heaven. I guess what I'm trying to say is this is happening every day. We're blessed always. There is struggle and there is suffering in our lives, but understanding that is part of our lives - a part that just is. Suffering is a part of the joy of life.” TryingChristianJoySufferingHeavenUnderstandingStruggleUltimateBlessedJoy Of Life Author:Craig Finn
“Springsteen on that record started writing less about having your wind in your hair and turning the radio up and more about being dragged down by adult things. Regular people trying to get ahead. A little less mythical and romantic, and more real. It's a really spectacular record for that reason.” PeopleWritingTryingLittlesRealReasonRecordsWindHairAdultsRadioSpectacularGet AheadSpringsteen Author:Craig Finn
