Foster the People Quotes
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Art is observing society around you, representing it through your eyes.
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I think artists throughout the history of time have always been controversial and have been a voice to speak to public culture in a way that a politician can't because they'll lose their constituency.
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I worked odd jobs delivering pizza, folding chairs, telemarketing, selling kitchen cutlery door to door.
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I was afraid of the sophomore slump even before our first record came out. It was a very real fear because I'd watched so many bands I'd loved in the past not deliver. I knew it was a very real thing. I didn't know why it happens, but I'd been thinking about it a lot.
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Arcade Fire has kept their indie cred. They will sell out stadiums yet still have underdog status. But when you're a band like Coldplay, people are waiting to knock you down.
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One thing about Foster the People is that it's taking pieces of a lot of different genres of music and kind of melding them together.
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I wanted to be an attorney all the way up until I was 17.
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During 'Torches,' I was more concerned with communicating the spirit of the song than the actual lyrics.
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There are a few songwriters in bands I really relate to that write a certain type of joy, because a lot of artists don't really write joy. It's a thing only a few people do.
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I was rambunctious - a boy's boy, full of energy. I wasn't a bad kid. I just liked to talk.
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Mophonics is kind of a creative home for me.
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'Torches' flowed together with interesting intros and outros. It was all very natural.
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Every single song on 'Torches' was a little self-contained pop song, so there wasn't any fat on the songs; there wasn't a lot to cut.
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When I put Foster The People together, I just wanted to play music with friends.
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I'm a really extreme person, and balance is probably the hardest thing for me to maintain.
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'Pumped Up Kicks' is written from the perspective like Truman Capote wrote 'In Cold Blood' or Dostoevsky wrote 'Crime & Punishment.' It's psychologically breaking down someone's state of mind and diving in and walking in their shoes.
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Our audience isn't One Direction, Katy Perry, Rihanna fans.
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Walking into the studio making 'Scared Hearts Club,' it was important for us as artists to write a joyful record, but using joy as a weapon because joy is the best weapon against oppression; it's the best weapon against depression.
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When I started really playing music, I pretty much quit sports. I quit everything.
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'I Get Around' came on one day. I'd never heard the Beach Boys before. The sound was so fresh to me. That was the first time when I truly was gripped by the power of music. It opened my eyes to the heights that music can achieve.
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Foster the People wouldn't exist without Mophonics.
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In Cleveland, music was always a big part of my life. That's really where I cut my teeth.
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There's a lot of bands that blow up quickly, but then they die quickly. Longevity is the healthy thing; that's the pursuit.
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I play guitar, bass, drums, piano, and pretty much any sort of stringed instrument - besides violin or cello.