Foster the People Quotes
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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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With 'Torches,' I wanted to make a great pop record; I wanted every song to be exciting, not to have too much space, no long pieces of music without vocals. I kind of wanted to write the perfect pop album.
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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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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 worked odd jobs delivering pizza, folding chairs, telemarketing, selling kitchen cutlery door to door.
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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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When I put Foster The People together, I just wanted to play music with friends.
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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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Our audience isn't One Direction, Katy Perry, Rihanna fans.
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Art is observing society around you, representing it through your eyes.
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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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'Torches' flowed together with interesting intros and outros. It was all very natural.
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Mophonics is kind of a creative home for me.
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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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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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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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Culturally, it's really funny to me that people respect the weird guy as an artist. There can be a curmudgeon in the corner with spiders building nests in his hair, and he hasn't bathed for three weeks, but for whatever reason, he's more creative than the guy sitting next to him that's showered and is talking to everybody.
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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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When I started really playing music, I pretty much quit sports. I quit everything.
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I wanted to be an attorney all the way up until I was 17.
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I've written hundreds of songs, and I tend to think that my instincts are pretty good when it comes to what people are going to like and what people aren't going to like.
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I truly believe that love is greater than politics.
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Foster the People wouldn't exist without Mophonics.