Finneas Quotes

United States, Singer
July 30, 1997

Finneas Baird O'Connell, known mononymously as FINNEAS, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He has written and produced music for various artists including his sister, Billie Eilish. He won five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, Producer of the Year, Non-Classical and the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for his work on Eilish's debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019).

Also known as Songwriter, Record Producer, Actor

Love has always been the most important thing to me and the thing by which my life is guided.

Finneas
- Life
- Love
- Guided
I am just fascinated by music and I want to know how to identify all the things I love about it; to me music theory is like learning another language and then being able to explain how much you love something more clearly.

Finneas
- Music
- Language
- Theory

If you're thinking about all the possibilities of your life, there are extreme negatives, which you hope don't happen, and extreme positives, which you just aren't willing to think about because you think you'll jinx it.

Finneas
- Life
- Possibilities
- Jinx
I think if you're not trying to change things a little bit, you're not evolving.

Finneas
- Trying
- Change
- Evolving
It's important to recognize when a song remains important to you.

Finneas
- Important
- Song
- Recognize
I'm not a control freak in that like I boss everybody around, but like a control freak and like, I like knowing exactly what I get to do that day and having a say.

Finneas
- Control
- Say
- Knowing
The way that we tried to approach every piece of music is, if the song had a brain, it would be aware of its catalog.

Finneas
- Song
- Brain
- Catalog
I think we're always looking for ways to inject a sense of humor into our music.

Finneas
- Music
- Humor
- Sense

I don't analyze songs because I think it will make me a better songwriter, I just do it out of sheer curiosity.

Finneas
If I'm writing with or for someone else, it just has to feel true and real for them. It has to feel like they're being honest. If it's for myself, it's the same thing. It has to be something I can mean when I say it.

Finneas
- Writing
- Real
- Honest