Mark Foster Quotes
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People worship anyone in the entertainment industry. You can be a used-car salesman and have a television commercial on the local station, and that makes you a celebrity.
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I'm really into the recycling of art. That one piece of art inspires another piece of art, which inspires another piece of art. I really like that idea.
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I remember, in middle school, I went to four different schools. That was a rough patch. But it's also what shaped me as a person.
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I don't like to write the same song twice.
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'Torches' opened a lot of doors. Ultimately, it turned into an experience to be reckoned with.
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When you're underwater with goggles on, a couple of your senses are taken away, and it becomes this purely visual thing. It's just you and yourself.
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My aunts and uncles were like, 'You've got such a great voice - why don't you try out for 'American Idol?'' I'd say, 'Because I'm a songwriter, not a puppet.' Even if I won and became really successful off a show like that, I'd be miserable.
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I could have pigeonholed us and wrote a whole record like 'Pumped Up Kicks,' and we would have been this breezy, nostalgic West Coast Beach Boys recreation band. That's not the type of writer I am. Once I try one style, I move on.
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We've grown up on the Beach Boys and the Beatles and Blur and Bowie and the Clash. Also E.L.O. and Hall and Oates. Those are all artists who write songs that are accessible but still left of center. It's intelligent pop. There's still something different and complex about it.
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Through technology and social media, we're able to create an identity online that shows people the face that we want them to see and rather than who they really are.
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Music is the great equalizer.
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Once I write something, I never try to write that same style again, because I get very schizophrenic musically.
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I was always extremely independent growing up.
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I think my inner child wants to take over the world.
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I'd rather be a poor singer/songwriter doing what I love than get rich from selling my soul.
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The jingles saved my life. When I got hired to do that, I was on top. I finally was making a living doing what I loved. Before that, it was so bleak; it got so dark in L.A. I was 25, been living there for seven years trying to make it, and getting really close to getting signed with different bands and as a solo artist only to have my hopes dashed.
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Art brings to life things that can seemingly be dead, and can put a fresh perspective on things that are living. It's so important we keep creating.
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When I write a song, the music comes from my spirit, which is very playful and optimistic, but then the lyrics come from my head, which is in a different space.
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I had really bad grades in high school and didn't want to go to college, and my dad said, 'Why don't you move to L.A. or New York and pursue music? You've always been good at it.' It was the first thing that made sense to me and... It was the right move.
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If I'm with people who are really positive and go with the flow, that's when the best ideas come out for me.
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I love to honour people and to write positive songs about them.
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I started out with piano when I was little. That, for songwriting, is my favorite instrument.
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There were times when I was terrified to go to school because it felt like a jail sentence.
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It's the meanest thing to abuse your power as a songwriter. To write pointedly about someone... it's kind of unfair to use them. They can't answer you or have a rebuttal.